Love and Human Remains

Infobox Film
name = Love and Human Remains


caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director = Denys Arcand
producer = Pierre Latour
writer = Brad Fraser
starring = Thomas Gibson
Ruth Marshall
Cameron Bancroft
Mia Kirshner
Joanne Vannicola
Matthew Ferguson
music = John McCarthy
cinematography = Paul Sarossy
editing = Alain Baril
distributor = Sony Pictures Classics
released = flagicon|UK July 22, 1994
flagicon|Germany March 2, 1995
flagicon|United States June 23, 1995
flagicon|France December 22, 1999
runtime = 100 min.
country = Canada
language = English
website = http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/remains/remains.html
amg_id = 1:148444
imdb_id = 0107447

"Love and Human Remains" is a 1993 Canadian film directed by Denys Arcand and based on Brad Fraser's stage play "Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love". Fraser also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation.

The film version follows the storyline of the original play fairly close; although, it might seem unclear to some viewers which city the film takes place in. While the film was shot on location in Montreal, Quebec, the original stage play and the screenplay are both set in Edmonton, Alberta. There are attempts made in the dialogue, props and background film footage to identify the city as Edmonton. As in David's remark, "Let's order a Rosebowl pizza and discuss your sexual crises,". In another scene, the TV newsreporter signs off from "CFR-" and gets cut off by the TV remote control before she could say "-N" the final call letter of Edmonton's CTV affiliate station. And Sal's remark "It's chicken night at Flash,"-- is an allusion to "Flashbacks", a long-gone Edmonton gay bar; there's also the repeated use of a "Sun" newspaper-- (ironically, no city is actually identified in the masthead of the prop paper,) and CBC-TV Canadian Football League footage of an Edmonton Eskimos game.

Fraser won a Genie Award for his adapted screenplay, while stars Mia Kirshner, Joanne Vannicola, and Matthew Ferguson received acting nominations.

It has not been released as a Region 1 DVD.

Cast

*Thomas Gibson as David
*Ruth Marshall as Candy
*Cameron Bancroft as Bernie
*Mia Kirshner as Benita
*Joanne Vannicola as Jerri
*Matthew Ferguson as Kane

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