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The Fire Within

1963 · 108 min

A slow, intimate descent into despair, watching a man drift through elegant Parisian encounters while quietly deciding whether to live.

Overview
Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • addiction
  • death
  • identity
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Louis Malle
Written by
Louis Malle
Starring
Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps, Jean-Paul Moulinot, Mona Dol, Pierre Moncorbier, René Dupuy
Cinematography
Ghislain Cloquet
Runtime
108 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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