The Heat Line (1987)
- Original title
- La ligne de chaleur
- Country
- Canada
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A divorced man and his young son drive to Florida to collect the body of the man's father. Along the way they meet a retired American who seems to want to become a replacement father figure.
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What happens
The Heat Line (French: La Ligne de chaleur) is a 1988 Canadian drama film, directed by Hubert-Yves Rose. The film stars Gabriel Arcand as Robert Filion, a divorced man who is travelling with his young son Maxime (Simon Gonzalez) to Florida to identify and claim the body of his father Eugène (played by Gérard Poirier in flashbacks and hallucinations) after the older man's death of a sudden heart attack. The film's cast also includes Gerard Parkes as Norman Simpson, a retired American man they meet on the trip who appears to be trying to ingratiate himself into Robert's life as a replacement father figure, and Charlotte Boisjoli as Robert's mother. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at the 1988 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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