The Fire Within
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The Fire Within is a 1963 French drama film
directed by Louis Malle
. It is based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
. The film stars Maurice Ronet
as Alain Leroy, a recovering alcoholic at a rehabilitation clinic in Versailles
who has depression. He decides to end his life, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris
one last time, in an attempt at finding a reason to continue living. The movie also stars Jeanne Moreau
—who had previously worked with Ronet and Malle in Elevator to the Gallows
—as well as Alexandra Stewart, Bernard Noel, Lena Skerla, Hubert Deschamps and Yvonne Clech. The score features the music of Erik Satie
.
at the 36th Academy Awards
, but was not accepted as a nominee. In his 2006 Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin
gives the film 3.5 stars (out of four) and calls it "probably Malle's best early film." Roger Ebert
wrote that the film was a "triumph of style."
The Fire Within is a 1963 French drama film
directed by Louis Malle
. It is based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
. The film stars Maurice Ronet
as Alain Leroy, a recovering alcoholic at a rehabilitation clinic in Versailles
who has depression. He decides to end his life, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris
one last time, in an attempt at finding a reason to continue living. The movie also stars Jeanne Moreau
—who had previously worked with Ronet and Malle in Elevator to the Gallows
—as well as Alexandra Stewart, Bernard Noel, Lena Skerla, Hubert Deschamps and Yvonne Clech. The score features the music of Erik Satie
.
at the 36th Academy Awards
, but was not accepted as a nominee. In his 2006 Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin
gives the film 3.5 stars (out of four) and calls it "probably Malle's best early film." Roger Ebert
wrote that the film was a "triumph of style."
The Fire Within is a 1963 French drama film
directed by Louis Malle
. It is based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
. The film stars Maurice Ronet
as Alain Leroy, a recovering alcoholic at a rehabilitation clinic in Versailles
who has depression. He decides to end his life, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris
one last time, in an attempt at finding a reason to continue living. The movie also stars Jeanne Moreau
—who had previously worked with Ronet and Malle in Elevator to the Gallows
—as well as Alexandra Stewart, Bernard Noel, Lena Skerla, Hubert Deschamps and Yvonne Clech. The score features the music of Erik Satie
.
at the 36th Academy Awards
, but was not accepted as a nominee. In his 2006 Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin
gives the film 3.5 stars (out of four) and calls it "probably Malle's best early film." Roger Ebert
wrote that the film was a "triumph of style."
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Louis Malle
Louis Malle
Louis Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. His films include Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Atlantic City , and Au revoir, les enfants .- Early years in France :Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries,...
. It is based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
Pierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle was a French writer of novels, short stories and political essays, who lived and died in Paris...
. The film stars Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet was a French film actor, director and writer.-Biography:Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes, the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut in 1941, along side his parents, in Sacha...
as Alain Leroy, a recovering alcoholic at a rehabilitation clinic in Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
who has depression. He decides to end his life, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
one last time, in an attempt at finding a reason to continue living. The movie also stars Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française...
—who had previously worked with Ronet and Malle in Elevator to the Gallows
Elevator to the Gallows
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud is a 1958 French film directed by Louis Malle. It was released as Elevator to the Gallows in the USA and as Lift to the Scaffold in the UK. It stars Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet as criminal lovers whose perfect crime begins to unravel when Ronet is trapped in an elevator...
—as well as Alexandra Stewart, Bernard Noel, Lena Skerla, Hubert Deschamps and Yvonne Clech. The score features the music of Erik Satie
Erik Satie
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
.
Cast
- Maurice RonetMaurice RonetMaurice Ronet was a French film actor, director and writer.-Biography:Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes, the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut in 1941, along side his parents, in Sacha...
as Alain Leroy - Léna Skerla as Lydia
- Yvonne Clech as Mademoiselle Farnoux
- Hubert Deschamps as D'Averseau
- Jean-Paul Moulinot as Dr. La Barbinais
- Mona Dol as Madame La Barbinais
- Pierre Moncorbier as Moraine
- René Dupuy as Charlie (as René Dupuis)
- Bernard TiphaineBernard Tiphaine-Filmography:*Spin City *Futurama *NYPD Blue *The Inside *Friends *Prison Break *Frasier...
as Milou - Bernard NoëlBernard NoëlBernard Noël is a French writer and poet. He received the Grand Prix national de la poésie in 1992 and the Prix Robert Ganzo in 2010....
as Dubourg - Ursula Kubler as Fanny
- Jeanne MoreauJeanne MoreauJeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française...
as Eva
Reception
The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language FilmAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 36th Academy Awards
36th Academy Awards
The 36th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1963, were held on April 13, 1964 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Jack Lemmon....
, but was not accepted as a nominee. In his 2006 Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin is an American film and animated film critic and historian, author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.-Personal life:...
gives the film 3.5 stars (out of four) and calls it "probably Malle's best early film." Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Ebert is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The...
wrote that the film was a "triumph of style."
See also
- List of submissions to the 36th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
External links
- The Fire Within, review @ filmsdefrance.com
The Fire Within is a 1963 French drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Louis Malle
Louis Malle
Louis Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. His films include Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Atlantic City , and Au revoir, les enfants .- Early years in France :Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries,...
. It is based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
Pierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle was a French writer of novels, short stories and political essays, who lived and died in Paris...
. The film stars Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet was a French film actor, director and writer.-Biography:Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes, the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut in 1941, along side his parents, in Sacha...
as Alain Leroy, a recovering alcoholic at a rehabilitation clinic in Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
who has depression. He decides to end his life, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
one last time, in an attempt at finding a reason to continue living. The movie also stars Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française...
—who had previously worked with Ronet and Malle in Elevator to the Gallows
Elevator to the Gallows
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud is a 1958 French film directed by Louis Malle. It was released as Elevator to the Gallows in the USA and as Lift to the Scaffold in the UK. It stars Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet as criminal lovers whose perfect crime begins to unravel when Ronet is trapped in an elevator...
—as well as Alexandra Stewart, Bernard Noel, Lena Skerla, Hubert Deschamps and Yvonne Clech. The score features the music of Erik Satie
Erik Satie
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
.
Cast
- Maurice RonetMaurice RonetMaurice Ronet was a French film actor, director and writer.-Biography:Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes, the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut in 1941, along side his parents, in Sacha...
as Alain Leroy - Léna Skerla as Lydia
- Yvonne Clech as Mademoiselle Farnoux
- Hubert Deschamps as D'Averseau
- Jean-Paul Moulinot as Dr. La Barbinais
- Mona Dol as Madame La Barbinais
- Pierre Moncorbier as Moraine
- René Dupuy as Charlie (as René Dupuis)
- Bernard TiphaineBernard Tiphaine-Filmography:*Spin City *Futurama *NYPD Blue *The Inside *Friends *Prison Break *Frasier...
as Milou - Bernard NoëlBernard NoëlBernard Noël is a French writer and poet. He received the Grand Prix national de la poésie in 1992 and the Prix Robert Ganzo in 2010....
as Dubourg - Ursula Kubler as Fanny
- Jeanne MoreauJeanne MoreauJeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française...
as Eva
Reception
The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language FilmAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 36th Academy Awards
36th Academy Awards
The 36th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1963, were held on April 13, 1964 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Jack Lemmon....
, but was not accepted as a nominee. In his 2006 Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin is an American film and animated film critic and historian, author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.-Personal life:...
gives the film 3.5 stars (out of four) and calls it "probably Malle's best early film." Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Ebert is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The...
wrote that the film was a "triumph of style."
See also
- List of submissions to the 36th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
External links
- The Fire Within, review @ filmsdefrance.com
The Fire Within is a 1963 French drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Louis Malle
Louis Malle
Louis Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. His films include Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Atlantic City , and Au revoir, les enfants .- Early years in France :Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries,...
. It is based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
Pierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle was a French writer of novels, short stories and political essays, who lived and died in Paris...
. The film stars Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet was a French film actor, director and writer.-Biography:Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes, the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut in 1941, along side his parents, in Sacha...
as Alain Leroy, a recovering alcoholic at a rehabilitation clinic in Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
who has depression. He decides to end his life, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
one last time, in an attempt at finding a reason to continue living. The movie also stars Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française...
—who had previously worked with Ronet and Malle in Elevator to the Gallows
Elevator to the Gallows
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud is a 1958 French film directed by Louis Malle. It was released as Elevator to the Gallows in the USA and as Lift to the Scaffold in the UK. It stars Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet as criminal lovers whose perfect crime begins to unravel when Ronet is trapped in an elevator...
—as well as Alexandra Stewart, Bernard Noel, Lena Skerla, Hubert Deschamps and Yvonne Clech. The score features the music of Erik Satie
Erik Satie
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
.
Cast
- Maurice RonetMaurice RonetMaurice Ronet was a French film actor, director and writer.-Biography:Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes, the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut in 1941, along side his parents, in Sacha...
as Alain Leroy - Léna Skerla as Lydia
- Yvonne Clech as Mademoiselle Farnoux
- Hubert Deschamps as D'Averseau
- Jean-Paul Moulinot as Dr. La Barbinais
- Mona Dol as Madame La Barbinais
- Pierre Moncorbier as Moraine
- René Dupuy as Charlie (as René Dupuis)
- Bernard TiphaineBernard Tiphaine-Filmography:*Spin City *Futurama *NYPD Blue *The Inside *Friends *Prison Break *Frasier...
as Milou - Bernard NoëlBernard NoëlBernard Noël is a French writer and poet. He received the Grand Prix national de la poésie in 1992 and the Prix Robert Ganzo in 2010....
as Dubourg - Ursula Kubler as Fanny
- Jeanne MoreauJeanne MoreauJeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française...
as Eva
Reception
The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language FilmAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 36th Academy Awards
36th Academy Awards
The 36th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1963, were held on April 13, 1964 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Jack Lemmon....
, but was not accepted as a nominee. In his 2006 Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin is an American film and animated film critic and historian, author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.-Personal life:...
gives the film 3.5 stars (out of four) and calls it "probably Malle's best early film." Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Ebert is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The...
wrote that the film was a "triumph of style."
See also
- List of submissions to the 36th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
External links
- The Fire Within, review @ filmsdefrance.com