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Le Feu Follet

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Le Feu Follet
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1hr 44min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1963
Director:
Louis Malle
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Maurice Ronet, Lena Skerla, Jeanne Moreau  ...more
Synopsis: Maurice Ronet plays an alcoholic writer, Alain Leroy, who is on the verge of suicide (his character is based on writer Jacques Rigaut, who killed himself in 1929). The psychiatrist assigned to Leroy is no help, advising his patient to seek a reconciliation with his wife, who is still smarting from Leroy's recent liaison with Lydia (Lena Skerla). Still obsessed with the notion of taking his own life, Leroy plans to stage his demise on July 23. A last-ditch effort to jolly himself out of his doldrums ... Full Synopsis
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Nathan Southern, AMG Review
One of the most ingeniously conceived, directed, and performed feature films of early '60s Europe opened for around a week in the U.S. and faded into utter obscurity for the following decade; Pauline Kael heralded it as a masterpiece (and proof positive of Louis Malle's genius) in her 1971 New Yorker review of Le Souffle au Coeur, which temporarily lifted The Fire Within into the public mindset. In ... Full Review
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Maurice Ronet
Alain Leroy
Lena Skerla
Lydia
Jeanne Moreau
Eva, Jeanne
Alexandra Stewart
Solange
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