Being at Home with Claude is a 1992 Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Jean Beaudin

Jean Beaudin

Jean Beaudin is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 20 films since 1969. His film J.A. Martin Photographer, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where Monique Mercure won the award for Best Actress. The film also won best Film, he won best Director, and Mercure...

 and based on the play by René-Daniel Dubois

René-Daniel Dubois

René-Daniel Dubois is a Québécois playwright and actor.-Movie career:He is best known for his 1985 play Being at Home with Claude, which was adapted into an award-winning film in 1992 and the 2009 Thriller drama 5150 Elm's Way...

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The film stars Roy Dupuis

Roy Dupuis

Roy Dupuis is a Canadian actor best known for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita...

 as Yves, a gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

 man who has just murdered his lover Claude (Jean-François Pichette

Jean-François Pichette

-Filmography:* À corps perdu , as Quentin* Une histoire inventée , as Tibo* Montréal P.Q. , as Mike Belzile* Being at Home with Claude , as Claude...

), and is attempting to explain his reasons to the police investigator (Jacques Godin

Jacques Godin

Jacques Godin is a Canadian film and television actor. He won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor for his role in the film O.K...

).

At the 13th Genie Awards

13th Genie Awards

The 13th annual Genie Awards were held 1992 and honoured Canadian films released in 1991. They were dominated by the Canadian/British/Japanese co-production Naked Lunch.-Best Motion Picture:...

, the film was nominated for Best Motion Picture

Genie Award for Best Motion Picture

The Genie Award for Best Motion Picture is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian motion picture.-1st Genie Awards:*The Changeling *Cordélia...

 and Godin was nominated for Best Actor

Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

The Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian actor.-1st Genie Awards:* Christopher Plummer, Murder by Decree...

. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...

 section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival

1992 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Gérard Depardieu *John Boorman *Carlo Di Palma *Jamie Lee Curtis *Joële Van Effenterre *Lester James Peries *Nana Djordjadze *Pedro Almodóvar *René Cleitman...

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Cast

• Roy Dupuis
  Roy Dupuis
  Roy Dupuis is a Canadian actor best known for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita...
  
   - Yves
• Jacques Godin
  Jacques Godin
  Jacques Godin is a Canadian film and television actor. He won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor for his role in the film O.K...
  
   - Inspector
• Jean-François Pichette
  Jean-François Pichette
  -Filmography:* À corps perdu , as Quentin* Une histoire inventée , as Tibo* Montréal P.Q. , as Mike Belzile* Being at Home with Claude , as Claude...
  
   - Claude
• Gaston Lepage - Stenographer
• Hugo Dubé - Policeman
• Johanne-Marie Tremblay - Inspector's Wife
• Nathalie Mallette - Yves's Sister
• Lothaire Bluteau
  Lothaire Bluteau
  Lothaire Bluteau is a French-Canadian actor. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and performs in both French and English. He had a recurring role in the third season of the television series 24 as the character Marcus Alvers.-Biography:...
  
  - Male Prostitute

External links

• Canadian Film Encyclopedia [A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group]