Where the Heart Is

6.0
19981h 53m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Ariane Ascaride

Ariane Ascaride

Marianne Patché

Photo of Christine Brücher

Christine Brücher

Francine Lopez

Photo of Gérard Meylan

Gérard Meylan

Franck Lopez

Photo of Alexandre Ogou

Alexandre Ogou

Francois 'Bébé' Lopez

Photo of Pierre Banderet

Pierre Banderet

Mr. d'Assas

Photo of Beata Nilska

Beata Nilska

Mme Radic

Photo of Laetitia Pesenti

Laetitia Pesenti

L'institutrice

Photo of Hélène Surgère

Hélène Surgère

La marchande

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