Rent The Fire Within (1963)
4.0 of 5 from 69 ratings
1h 48min
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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
- Countries:
- France, Classics, Drama
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 05/06/2006
- Run Time:
- 108 minutes
- Languages:
- French
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- B & W
- Bonus:
- Interview with Vincent Malle
- Interview with Rene Urtreger, the pianist on the Lift to the Scaffold soundtrack
- Interview with Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- 'Vive Le Tour' Louis Malle's 1962 short film
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/08/2017
- Run Time:
- 108 minutes
- Languages:
- English, French
- 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 Mason
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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