Rent The Fire Within (1963)
3.9 of 5 from 85 ratings
1h 48min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- A recovering alcoholic (Maurice Ronet) decides to commit suicide. He spends 24 hours wandering through Paris and visiting old friends, hoping to find some meaning to life and a reason to go on living.
- Actors:
- Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps, Jean-Paul Moulinot, Mona Dol, Pierre Moncorbier, René Dupuy, Bernard Tiphaine, Bernard Noël, Ursula Kubler, Jeanne Moreau, Alain Mottet, François Gragnon, Romain Bouteille, Jacques Sereys, Alexandra Stewart, Claude Deschamps, Tony Taffin, Henri Serre
- Directors:
- Louis Malle
- Producers:
- Louis Malle, Jean Thuillier
- Writers:
- Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
- Aka:
- Le Feu Follet
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 1, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Wes Anderson
- Countries:
- France
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/08/2017
- Run Time:
- 108 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo, French LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of The Fire Within
Sad and Lovely. - The Fire Within review by Steve
Maurice Ronet moves through a photogenic 60s Paris and its beautiful artists and philosophers in search of a reason to live. Effective use of the music of Erik Satie by Louis Malle, in a sort of suicide note to the enervated post war intellectual scene. A stylish, but inevitably downbeat experience. My pick as the director's best film.
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