Open Heart (Le coeur découvert)
Jean-Yves Laforce, director.
Canada, 1986, video, 106 min.
French with English subtitles.

Jean-Marc is 39 years old and on the rebound from a seven year relationship when he meets Mathieu, a handsome 24-year-old aspiring actor. The age difference creates enough problems in their cautious, tentative courtship, but when Jean-Marc learns that Mathieu has a five-year-old son from a previous marriage, he has to decide if he can cope with a child as part of the deal.

And then there's Jean-Marc's all lesbian circle of friends, who are very jealous and protective of their friend, and none too approving of his new boyfriend. Mathieu has his own set of adjustments to make as the two lovers decide to move in together.

Written by Michel Tremblay, Le coeur découvert presents a sympathetic and surprisingly unsentimental picture of some of our amorous problems in these complicated times.

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