Where the Heart Is
From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois, is wrongly accused of rape by a racist policeman. The story is told in voiceover by his childhood friend, neighbor, and the mother of his future child, Clementine, who is white. The city is Marseilles as in the previous film, symbolic with its churches, prisons and ruins. Except in this film, director Robert Guediguian also ventures outside, taking the story to Sarajevo; two different cities, one devastated by war, the other by a bad economy and unemployment. A la Place du coeur won a Special Jury Prize at the 1998 San Sebastian Film Festival and was also shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival and the 1998 Montreal Film Festival.
Year: 1998
Studio: Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, Canal+, Diaphana Films
Director: Robert Guédiguian
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Christine Brücher, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Alexandre Ogou, Laure Raoust
Crew: Robert Guédiguian (Director), Bernard Cavalié (Director of Photography), Bernard Sasia (Editor), Gilles Sandoz (Producer), Jean-Louis Milesi (Writer), Robert Guédiguian (Writer)
Runtime: 113 minutes
Release: Dec 09, 1998
IMDb: 6.00/10 by 15 users
Popularity: 3
Country: France
Language: Français
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : france, pregnancy, love, interracial relationship, working class, racism, poverty, family, social injustice, social realism, arbeiter, marseille
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