Hearth Fires
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Director Serge Korber Music director Michel Legrand Language French | 7/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Country France
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Writer Serge Korber , Catherine Paysan Release date 24 May 1972 Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance Film Cast Annie Girardot (Marie-Louise Boursault), Jean Rochefort (Alexandre Boursault), Claude Jade (Laura Boursault), Bernard Le Coq (Jean-Paul Boursault), Bernard Fresson (Marc Champenois), Gabriella Boccardo (Annie)Similar movies Interstellar , Finding Neverland , About a Boy , To Kill a Mockingbird , Spanglish , Little Man Tate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearth Fires (French: Les Feux de la Chandeleur) is a 1972 French film directed by Serge Korber. The film is also known as La Divorziata (Italy).
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Synopsis
Marie-Louise (Anne Giradot) is a woman whose love for her ex-husband will not die. The Lawyer Alexandre (Jean Rochefort) left her, because she attended a few leftist marches and demonstrations. While her daughter Laura (Claude Jade) falls in love with Marc (Bernard Fresson), Marie-Louise keeps hoping that Alexandre will come back to her. Laura helps her to fight for love and Marie-Louise is so attached to this idea that when her son (Bernard Le Coq) finally convinces her that he will never return, the realization has dire consequences.
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Awards
This movie was nominated for Best Picture at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
Discography
The CD soundtrack composed by Michel Legrand is available on Music Box Records label (website).
References
Hearth Fires WikipediaHearth Fires IMDb Hearth Fires themoviedb.org