''Hearth Fires'' (french: Les Feux de la Chandeleur) is a
1972
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French film
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directed by
Serge Korber
Serge Korber (1 February 1936 – 23 January 2022) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 40 films between 1962 and 2007. Successful as the director of comedies starring Louis de Funès in ''L'homme orchestre'' and '' ...
. The film is also known as ''La Divorziata'' (Italy).
Synopsis
Marie-Louise (Anne Girardot) is a woman whose love for her ex-husband will not die. The Lawyer Alexandre (Jean Rochefort) left her, because she attended a few leftist marches and demonstrations. While her daughter Laura (Claude Jade) falls in love with Marc (Bernard Fresson), Marie-Louise keeps hoping that Alexandre will come back to her. Laura helps her to fight for love and Marie-Louise is so attached to this idea that when her son (Bernard Le Coq) finally convinces her that he will never return, the realization has dire consequences.
Jean Rochefort played his first big major role. In this film he played with 41 years a family father of adult children (the young Claude Jade was already 23 and Bernard Fresson who has played Jade's fiancé one year younger than Rochefort). To be older, he had a moustache, since this film his trademark, which he had removed only once (1996 in "Ridicule").
Cast
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Annie Girardot
Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women und ...
(Marie Louise Boursault)
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Jean Rochefort (Alexandre Boursault)
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Claude Jade
Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade (; 8 October 1948 – 1 December 2006), was a French actress. She starred as Christine in François Truffaut's three films '' Stolen Kisses'' (1968), '' Bed and Board'' (1970) and '' Love on th ...
(Laura Boursault)
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Bernard Le Coq
Bernard Le Coq (born 25 September 1950) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred and fifty films since 1967. His first big role Bernard Le Coq has played as Annie Girardot's son and Claude Jade's brother in the family dra ...
(Jean-Paul Boursault)
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Bernard Fresson (Marc Champenois)
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Jean Bouise
Jean Bouise (3 June 1929 – 6 July 1989) was a French actor.
He was born in Le Havre. In the 1950s he helped to found Théâtre de la Cité, and was a player in the company. He entered films in the 1960s, and played a supporting roles in ...
(Father Yves Bouteiller)
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Gabriella Boccardo (Annie)
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Ilaria Occhini (Clotilde)
Awards
This movie was nominated for ''Best Picture'' at the
1972 Cannes Film Festival
The 25th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 4 to 19 May 1972. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian films ''The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' by Elio Petri and '' The Mattei Affair'' by Francesco Rosi.
The festival opened with the French fi ...
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Discography
The CD soundtrack composed by Michel Legrand
Michel Jean Legrand (; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many son ...
is available on Music Box Records label
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References
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1972 films
1972 drama films
Italian drama films
French drama films
1970s French-language films
Films directed by Serge Korber
Films scored by Michel Legrand
1970s French films
1970s Italian films
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