Directed by:
Louis MalleCinematography:
Ghislain CloquetCast:
Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Jeanne Moreau, Alexandra Stewart, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps, Henri Serre, Micha Bayard, Alain Mottet, Jacques Sereys (more)Plots(1)
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 fails, and Leroy, with a picture of Marilyn Monroe at his side, snuffs himself out. Though a case study of a man victimized by his own isolationism, The Fire Within has some surprising random optimistic moments. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Cast
Maurice Ronet
France
Best movies:
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A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1963)
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Léna Skerla
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Jeanne Moreau
France
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Alexandra Stewart
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Yvonne Clech
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Hubert Deschamps
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Henri Serre
France
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Micha Bayard
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Alain Mottet
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Jacques Sereys
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Jean-Paul Moulinot
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Tony Taffin
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Ursula Kubler
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Pierre Moncorbier
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Romain Bouteille
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Mona Dol
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Bernard Noël
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Bernard Tiphaine
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Michèle Mahaut
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