Love & Human Remains (1993)

Director:

Denys Arcand

Writers:

Brad Fraser (play)
Brad Fraser (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 June 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Plot:

Set in a dreary urban landscape of an anonymous Canadian city, LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS is a dark comedy...

Plot Keywords:

Dominatrix | Lesbian | Serial Killer | Female Nudity | Gay Interest

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Thomas Gibson	...	David
Ruth Marshall	...	Candy
Cameron Bancroft	...	Bernie
Mia Kirshner	...	Benita
Joanne Vannicola	...	Jerri
Matthew Ferguson	...	Kane
Rick Roberts	...	Robert
Aidan Devine	...	Sal (as Aidan Devin)
Robert Higden	...	The Editor
Sylvain Morin	...	The Drag Queen
Ben Watt	...	The Native Boy
Karen Young	...	The Singer
Serge Houde	...	The Cowboy
Alex Wylding	...	The First Victim
Polly Shannon	...	The Second Victim
Annie Juneau	...	The Third Victim
Maurice Podbrey	...	The Theater Director
Geneviève Angers
Josée Boisvert
Aimée Castle	...	Bernie's Drug Dealer (as Aimee Castle)
Rod Charlebois
Ellen David		(as Ellen Cohen)
Andy Delisle
Suzanne Desautels
Maximilian Devree
Charles S. Doucet
Nathalie Goguen
Kim Handysides
Joan Heney
Lisa Hull
Barbara Jones
Luc Leblanc
John Lozano
Gary McKeehan
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier
Maxim Roy
Harry Standjofski

Directed by
Denys Arcand

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Brad Fraser		play "Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love"
Brad Fraser		screenplay

Produced by
Roger Frappier	....	producer
Richard Lalonde	....	line producer
Pierre Latour	....	executive producer
Peter Sussman	....	co-producer

Original Music by
John McCarthy

Cinematography by
Paul Sarossy

Film Editing by
Alain Baril

Casting by
Stuart Aikins
Deirdre Bowen
Lynn Kressel
Lucie Robitaille

Production Design by
François Séguin

Set Decoration by
Jean Kazemirchuk		(head set decorator)
Michèle Nolet		(decorator)
Ginette Robitaille		(decorator)

Costume Design by
Denis Sperdouklis

Makeup Department
Réjean Goderre	....	key hair stylist
Dario Lapointe	....	assistant hair stylist
Pina Rizzi	....	assistant hair stylist
Charles Tremblay	....	hair stylist
Micheline Trépanier	....	makeup artist
Nathalie Trépanier	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Peter Alves	....	post-production supervisor
Richard Lalonde	....	production manager
Estelle Lemieux	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Olivier Asselin	....	second unit director
Normand Bourgie	....	second assistant director
Normand Labelle	....	third assistant director
David J. Webb	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Bruno Babin	....	carpenter
Yves Babin	....	carpenter
Claudine Besse	....	art department trainee
Robert Bourdeau	....	scenic painter
Alain Brochu	....	carpenter
Michel Brochu	....	head carpenter
Rejean Brochu	....	construction supervisor (as Réjean Brochu)
Eric Brunet	....	art department technician (as Gabriel Eric Brunet)
Denis Caspar	....	propmaker
Stéphane Connolly	....	art department technician
John Fredericks	....	art department technician
Serge Gagne	....	carpenter (as Serge Gagné)
Normand Gagnon	....	carpenter
Odette Gauvreau	....	scenic painter
Anne Grandbois	....	assistant property master
Daniel Huysmans	....	property master
Jacques Pellerin	....	art department technician
Lise Pharand	....	art department coordinator
Jean Pinet	....	carpenter
Raymond Simard	....	art department technician
Peter Stratford	....	draftsman

Sound Department
David Appleby	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Mathieu Beaudin	....	sound effects editor (as Mathieu Beaudoin)
Normand Bélanger	....	assistant adr editor
Jocelyn Caron	....	adr recordist
Dominique Chartrand	....	sound
Diane Douville	....	assistant dialogue editor
Carole Gagnon	....	dialogue editor
James A. Gore	....	foley assistant (as Jim Gore)
Jack Heeren	....	foley recordist
Annie Jean	....	assistant adr editor
Claude La Haye	....	boom operator
Richard Lavoie	....	sound trainee
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Jacques Plante	....	adr editor
Marcel Pothier	....	sound
Marcel Pothier	....	supervising sound editor
François B. Senneville	....	assistant sound effects editor (as François Senneville)
Lou Solakofski	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Don White	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor
Mario Dumont	....	special effects technician
Éric Hébert	....	special effects technician
Pierre 'Bill' Rivard	....	special effects technician (as Pierre Rivard)

Stunts
Yves Langlois	....	stunt coordinator
Stéphane Lefebvre	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Cynthia Barlow	....	dolly grip
Sylvain Bélanger	....	electrician
Eric Béliveau	....	additional electrician
Michel Bernier	....	first assistant camera
Marcel Breton	....	additional electrician
Michel Caron	....	additional camera operator
Jean Courteau	....	chief lighting technician
Jean-Louis Daoust	....	best boy grip
Jean-Maurice de Ernsted	....	key grip
Jean-Yves Denis	....	grip
Éloi Deraspe	....	additional electrician
Gilles Fortier	....	gaffer
Serge Gareau	....	additional grip
Paul Gravel	....	assistant additional camera operator
René Guillard	....	electrician
Daniel Jobin	....	additional photographer
Pierric Jouvante	....	additional electrician
Rick Leger	....	camera car operator
John Lewin	....	best boy
Peter Mathys	....	additional grip
Yves Paquette	....	generator operator
Stéphane Pilon	....	additional grip
Boris Roy	....	second assistant camera
Daniel Schwartzberg	....	additional electrician
Paul Viau	....	electrician
Ian Whitehead	....	video assist technician
David Wood	....	video playback technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Josée Boisvert	....	head costumer
Guylaine Bourgeault	....	seamstress
Céline Caron	....	seamstress
Guy Cloutier	....	wardrobe assistant
Micheline Cossette	....	wardrobe assistant
Jacinthe Demers	....	wardrobe assistant
Louise Dube	....	dresser (as Louise Dubé)
Julie Graham	....	additional wardrobe assistant
Simonetta Mariano	....	additional wardrobe assistant
Micheline Rouillard	....	seamstress
René Saucier	....	assistant dresser

Editorial Department
Mario Bonenfant	....	assistant editor
Michel Drapeau	....	assistant editor
Nancy Gendron	....	assistant editor
Sylvie Lacoste	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Eric Apps	....	assistant scoring mixer
Bruce Lange	....	music editor
Jim McGrath	....	orchestrator
Rico Napps	....	assistant music recordist
Earl Torno	....	scoring mixer

Other crew
François Aubry	....	title designer
Daniel Auclair	....	production assistant
Hélène Auclair	....	production administrator
Alain Bernard	....	craft service
Diane Boisvert	....	craft service
Pierre Bouchard	....	production assistant
Diane Boucher	....	adr director
Anne Brosseau	....	production secretary
Nathalie Bruneau	....	assistant accountant
Jean-Marc Casanova	....	production accountant
Marie-Luce Côté	....	assistant to producer
Nicolas Courtois	....	assistant accountant
Prudence Emery	....	unit publicist
Catherine Faucher	....	assistant location manager
France Lachapelle	....	continuity
Daniela Nobili	....	dialogue director: Italian
Daniela Nobili	....	voice director: Italian
Johanne Pelletier	....	production coordinator
Steve Simard	....	production assistant
Michèle St-Arnaud	....	location manager
Philippe Touchette	....	office assistant
Mercedes Watson	....	executive assistant

Production Companies

• Atlantis Films
• First Choice Films
• Max Films Productions
• Ontario Film Development Corporation, The
• Société Générale des Industries Culturelles du Québec (SOGIC)
• Super Écran
• Téléfilm Canada

Distributors

• Caro-Line Distribution (France)
• Cinemagi (Sweden) (video)
• Krause & Schneider Multimedia (KSM) (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Look Filmes (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Madman Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Classics (1995) (USA)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (1996) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Vhero Films S.A. (Spain)

Special Effects

• Intrigue (special effects)

Other Companies

• Film House  sound mixing studio

Also Known As:

Amour et restes humains (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, language, violence and some drug use.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | South Korea:18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Atlantis Films

Quotes:

Candy: Do you ever feel like you're nothing like anyone else in the world?
David: Only all the time.
Candy: Somewhere there's one person waiting for me... feeling like me.
David: A lot of people in the world feel like that.

Movie Connections:

Features One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Soundtrack:

Find Yourself

movie dragged, but Ruth Marshall was GREAT!

Watched this flick on Saturday afternoon cable. Man, did it drag. I got the metaphors, symbolism, and all that stuff. No, I didn't care one way or another about the sexuality of the characters. But, the pacing of the story and the scripting almost put me to sleep.

That is..... until Ruth Marshall got naked. If you're a breast-man who is not homo-phobic, you may want to rent it. Ruth has a lesbian sex scene that's pretty hot, and then a hetero sex scene that is a notch higher than most standard movie fare. Her jiggly D-cups made the film worth the watch.

--The Mighty Avatar