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Being at Home With Claude [VHS]

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3 star:		(1)
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It is dark and sordid but really could not be portrayed fittingly in any other way. The acting is absolutely phenomenal. Roy Dupuis not only takes the show but forcefully steals it so that you begin to wonder if he isn't the only actor in the movie. The cinematography is also well done with flashbacks and subtle switching between color and black & white. It was a little difficult to follow at first because it is English sub-titled and the actors are speaking extremely fast. The passion however, is unmistakable and I truly felt that this was an actual event happening before my eyes as opposed to a film script. I was pulled into the emotional contradiction and inner wrestling that the character Yves was feeling and could almost taste the pain. If this is Roy Dupuis' first movie debut, we are in for a wild, wild ride! This actor obviously loves his art.

Intense, with horror and beauty so intertwined it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Not for the faint of heart or for those who are turned off by gays. But it is a wonderful story, well-acted (Dupuis turns in a magnificent performance) and filled with suspense that is relieved only at the end -- it keeps your attention riveted. It certainly made me wish my French were good enough to follow the dialogue, which is swift and complex. The subtitles follow reasonably well, so you do get the gist of the experience. Well worth the price, as it is the sort of movie one watches more than once, finding new elements of meaning each time it is viewed.

Roy Dupuis gives a heart felt proformance as Yves a smart and sexy hustler who wasn't looking for what he found when he met Claude. This is a film about what we are all searching for and what most of us never really find, because when we have it most of the time we don't know what to do with it. Yves finds it, and it terrified him, made him feel lost and confused. And he took that feeling of desperation out on the only person who could really understand. Words can't discribe this film in the way it should be discribed, so I suggest you buy this film, sit back, be perpared to have your heart broken and your mind expanded. Once you see it I promise you will never be the same.

This is the movie that once you see it, you will never forget. It will change the way you look at life forever. I wathsed it three times the first day I rent it. The film wan't very comfortable to watch because of subject matters, but the story was so compelling that I still remember how I felt that day even now. Maybe it was just like the story itself, the character spoke out the deep desperation I had in real live, something we usually have to hide beneath ourselves otherwise we cann't hang on to our lives. It is a beautiful movie, in many ways. I cann't imagine what the actors must go through to portait the charactors that provocative but so deep at the same time. The is the best performance of Roy Dupuis I'd ever seen. And one story I'll never forget in my life.

First thing: 5 stars is not enough for this movie. It won Dupuis some awards and it should have won him even more. The whole movie is staged in one room - the Judge's office- with the occasional flashback into Yves'(Dupuis)life and the circumstances that got him to kill the person he loved most. With Yves is a police-officer who in the beginning doesn't care about Yves at all and expresses his disgust quite openly but Yves doesn't give an inch - he knows he is guilty and he wants to be punished. That's all that matters to him. While the officer unwraps Yves identity his walls crumble and he begins to tell what led him to commit this crime. The acting is so intense that you actually feel you become a part of the story. You are there! Right with Yves. You feel what he felt and it is actually scary that one would understand what led Yves to commit this crime. Jaques Grodin compliments Dupuis acting very well. The tough guy that has seen it all and who has no sympathy for 'scum' like Yves actually takes a lesson from him in the end - from someone who really loved - even if he was a murderer.

When Dupuis gives his 30 minute monolgue at the end of the movie I regularly forget to breathe. And a movie that can do that, even after the tenth time you have seen it, simply deserves more than 5 stars....

For fans of Roy Dupuis, this film is a must - he shows incredible range and gives an emotional and heartfelt performance. The subject matter is very adult, but except for the crucial first five minutes of the movie, there are no other sex scenes. The movie is more cerebral and relies heavily on conversations, mostly Dupuis' monologues in interrogation after his confession to murder - this is not an action packed movie. The cinematography is really stellar, as well as the use of black and white for the past sequences. I would highly recommend this movie - I did not give it five stars, however, because there is a little something that the movie seems to be missing that would make it a great movie. If you are interested in a movie with similar themes (homosexuality, identity crises) I would highly recommend The Buddha of Suburbia, which is an excellent, well made movie, and to which I would give 5 stars

Very dark side of of the gay genre, but certainly not unbelievable.( since the opening scene is the murder of one of the actors, this should not give the plot away) as most of the movie is about,"why yves did it". I'm sure this is not the first film about killing the one you love... and It will not be the last. Mr. GoodBar comes to mind, but he was just a nut out to get his jollies at the right moment.

As Yves tells the inspector,'you cannot explain it in words, it doesn't work, the feelings cannot be described as one thinks them'.
You have to draw on your imagination to get to the agonizing and hopelessness of Yves demented love for claude.

We do not get to have a deeper evaluation of Claude's psyche. P>Halfway decent gay themed movies are hard to find, and I cannot imagine what Hollywood would have done with this flick, but, if you can take the heavy darkness of this movie it will leave you thinking, about the obsessions of love and how it can deform your psyche. Actually the only thing that really bothered me about this movie, was the title.
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I wasn't sure if I would enjoy this film because of the subject matter, but since I am a fan of Roy Dupuis decided to try it anyway. I am glad I did because he gives one of his best performances. I was completely wrapped up in the story. The reasonI only gave it 3 stars was because it sort of slowed down in the middle, but by the end I was very moved by his character Yves. It is a great "study" and I am glad I have added it to my collection.

The film is in French-Canadian patois, so you'll have to be willing to deal with subtitles. Do so please. It's a terribly European film in style (no bad thing). It relies primarily on dialogue and even more on extended monologue, not action, to tell its story. The story might seem sordid - but is it? Its glory is that it lays bare the yearning at the core of human existence. Its tragedy is that the two people most concerned don't believe, having found in each other a solace for that yearning, that their solace has a hope in the world they live in. The film itself makes very little comment on its content, nor will it provide you any ready-made moral "answers". It won't do a bit of your thinking for you. But watch it - and reflect. It may stretch your heart - and God knows, the world needs that.

This has got to be Roy Dupuis' best work ever. It's a really good movie, with great actors. This is a movie for any fan of Roy Dupuis