The Heat Line

{{short description|1988 Canadian film directed by Hubert-Yves Rose}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Heat Line

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|La Ligne de chaleur}}

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Hubert-Yves Rose

| producer = Marc Daigle

| writer = Hubert-Yves Rose
Micheline Lanctôt

| starring = Gabriel Arcand
Gerard Parkes

| music = Richard Grégoire

| cinematography = Michel Caron

| editing = Jean-Pierre Cereghetti
Louise Surprenant

| studio = ACPAV

| distributor =

| runtime = 90 minutes

| released = {{film date|1988|05||Cannes}}

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

}}

The Heat Line ({{langx|fr|La Ligne de chaleur}}) is a 1988 Canadian drama film, directed by Hubert-Yves Rose.Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. {{ISBN|1-894073-21-5}}. p. 96. The film stars Gabriel Arcand as Robert Filion, a divorced man who is travelling with his young son Maxime (Simon Gonzalez) to Florida to identify and claim the body of his father Eugène (played by Gérard Poirier in flashbacks and hallucinations) after the older man's death of a sudden heart attack.André Roy, "La ligne de chaleur : la ligne du risque". 24 images, No.39-40 (Fall 1988). pp. 44–45.

The film's cast also includes Gerard Parkes as Norman Simpson, a retired American man they meet on the trip who appears to be trying to ingratiate himself into Robert's life as a replacement father figure, and Charlotte Boisjoli as Robert's mother.Jean Chantale, [http://cinemacanada.athabascau.ca/index.php/cinema/article/viewFile/4179/4214 "Hubert Yves Rose's La Ligne de Chaleur"]. Cinema Canada, November 1988. p. 28.

The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival,Bill Brownstein, "Cannes gives nod to Quebec third time". Montreal Gazette, April 8, 1988. and had its Canadian premiere at the 1988 Toronto International Film Festival.Peter Goddard, "Canadian movies a mixed bag". Toronto Star, July 20, 1988.