| Edition |
Special édition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 430 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 430.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., restored High-Definition digital transfer, NTSC. |
| Cast |
Maurice Ronet, Lena Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Alexandra Stewart, Jeanne Moreau. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Ghislain Cloquet ; editor, Suzanne Baron ; production designer, Bernard Evein. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. |
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Based on the book 'Le feu follet' by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. |
| Summary |
Alain Leroy is a self-destructive writer who is enduring a treatment in a private hospital because of his alcoholism. The doctor only sees the surface problem and declares it time for Alain to leave the hospital. Alain resolves to commit suicide, but first he goes to Paris and tries to reconnect with some old friends. |
| Note |
Special features: Archival interviews with director Louis Malle and actor Maurice Ronet; "Malle's Fire within:" a new video program featuring interviews with actor Alexandra Stewart and filmmakers Philippe Collin and Volker Schlöndorff; "Jusqu'au 23 juillet:" a 2005 documentary short about the film and its source novel, Le feu follet, by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, featuring actor Mathieu Amalric, writer Didier Daeninckx, and Cannes festival curator Pierre-Henri Deleau. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Depressed persons -- France -- Drama.
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Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- France -- Drama.
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Suicide -- France -- Drama.
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Friendship -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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France -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
New wave films.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Foreign films -- France.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Malle, Louis, 1932-1995. Screenwriter. Director.
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Queffelean, Alain. Producer.
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Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983. Actor.
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Skerla, Léna. Actor.
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Clech, Yvonne, 1920-2010. Actor.
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Stewart, Alexandra.
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Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017. Actor.
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Cloquet, Ghislain. Cinematographer.
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Baron, Suzanne. Editor.
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Drieu La Rochelle, Pierre, 1893-1945
Feu follet.
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Janus Films.
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Lux Compagnie cinématographique de France.
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Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Fire within |
| ISBN |
9781604650389 |
| Standard No. |
715515029520 |
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00715515029520 |
| Music No. |
CC1750D Criterion Collection |
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