The Fire Within : Le feu Follet
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Based on the book 'Le feu follet' by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle.
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; booklet features new essays by critic Michel Ciment and film historian Peter Cowie.
Maurice Ronet, Lena Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Alexandra Stewart, Jeanne Moreau.
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.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., restored High-Definition digital transfer, NTSC.
Contents: Feau follet.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
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SERIES
Criterion collection
430.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In French with optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2008]
Year Published: 2008
Description: 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781604650389
1604650389
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Queffelean, Alain.
Malle, Louis, 1932-1995.
Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983.
Skerla, Léna.
Clech, Yvonne, 1920-
Stewart, Alexandra.
Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-
Drieu La Rochelle, Pierre, 1893-1945.
Janus Films.
Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Depressed persons -- France -- Drama.
Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- France -- Drama.
Suicide -- France -- Drama.
Friendship -- Paris -- Drama.
French language materials.
France -- Drama.
Feature films.
Foreign films -- France.
Fiction films.
Melodrama.