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A Flame in My Heart

Original title: Une flamme dans mon coeur
  • 19871987
  • 1h 46m
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6.3/10
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Une flamme dans mon coeur (1987)
  • Drama
The painful ending of a love story binding an over-30-year-old woman and a North African, and the beginning and end of a relationship she also has with an "established" journalist she meets ... Read allThe painful ending of a love story binding an over-30-year-old woman and a North African, and the beginning and end of a relationship she also has with an "established" journalist she meets in the subway. The stories illustrate the absolute claim of a woman who can only understan... Read allThe painful ending of a love story binding an over-30-year-old woman and a North African, and the beginning and end of a relationship she also has with an "established" journalist she meets in the subway. The stories illustrate the absolute claim of a woman who can only understand love in terms of life and death, an attitude that generally makes love appear dramatic, ... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
258
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  • Director
    • Alain Tanner
  • Writers
    • Myriam Mézières
    • Alain Tanner(adaptation and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Myriam Mézières
    • Benoît Régent
    • Azize Kabouche
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  • Director
    • Alain Tanner
  • Writers
    • Myriam Mézières
    • Alain Tanner(adaptation and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Myriam Mézières
    • Benoît Régent
    • Azize Kabouche
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    • 7Critic reviews
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    Azize Kabouche and Myriam Mézières in Une flamme dans mon coeur (1987)

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    Myriam Mézières
    • Mercédèsas Mercédès
    Benoît Régent
    • Pierreas Pierre
    Azize Kabouche
    • Johnnyas Johnny
    André Marcon
    André Marcon
    • Etienneas Etienne
    Douglas Ireland
    • L'ami américainas L'ami américain
    Jean-Gabriel Nordmann
    • Le metteur en scèneas Le metteur en scène
    Biana
    • L'accessoiristeas L'accessoiriste
    Jean-Yves Berteloot
    Jean-Yves Berteloot
    • Le comédienas Le comédien
    Anne Rucki
    • La pianisteas La pianiste
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    • Director
      • Alain Tanner
    • Writers
      • Myriam Mézières
      • Alain Tanner(adaptation and dialogue)
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    Storyline

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    The painful ending of a love story binding an over-30-year-old woman and a North African, and the beginning and end of a relationship she also has with an "established" journalist she meets in the subway. The stories illustrate the absolute claim of a woman who can only understand love in terms of life and death, an attitude that generally makes love appear dramatic, but at least burning and flickering, like the flame that glows in her heart. —jsanchez
    • male objectification
    • female nudity
    • striptease
    • nudity
    • sex
    • 2 more
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    • Genre
      • Drama
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    • Quotes

      Mercédès: Are you going to love me?

      Pierre: I don't know. Maybe. We'll see. Yes, I think so. And you?

      Mercédès: Oh, yes.

      Pierre: How do you know?

      Mercédès: Because you kissed me between my legs.

    • Soundtracks
      Partita for solo violin Nº 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
      Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

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    Top review
    9/10
    Fascinating, creepy story of sexual compulsion
    I saw this virtually unreleased film in the U.S. at a film festival and was both moved and compelled by this strange story of a woman's disintegration into madness and sex addiction. There's never been a character study like this. Apparently, the director and the actress wrote the film based on their own passed relationship and the painful honesty that it dramatizes makes it difficult to watch at times. Audiences often dismissed it as just another French sex film, but it examines the often deep recesses of the human personality with unflinching realism.
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    • aaron-71
    • Mar 23, 2000

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    • Release date
      • June 3, 1987 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Switzerland
    • Official sites
      • Cinémathèque Suisse
      • Director's official site
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Eine Flamme in meinem Herzen
    • Filming locations
      • Cairo, Egypt
    • Production companies
      • Garance
      • La Sept Cinéma
      • Filmograph S.A.
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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