Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

1998/12/09 • Released • French

Comedy
Drama
Romance
6.2
1h 53m

Overview

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.

Director : Robert Guédiguian

Casts
Ariane Ascaride

Ariane Ascaride

Marianne Patché

Christine Brücher

Christine Brücher

Francine Lopez

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Joël Patché

Gérard Meylan

Gérard Meylan

Franck Lopez

Alexandre Ogou

Alexandre Ogou

Francois 'Bébé' Lopez

Laure Raoust

Clémentine 'Clim' Patché

Véronique Balme

Véronique Balme

Soeurette

Pierre Banderet

Pierre Banderet

Mr. d'Assas

Patrick Bonnel

Patrick Bonnel

Jaime

Djamal Bouanane

Khalil

Jacques Boudet

Jacques Boudet

Mr Levy

Guillaume Cantillon

Daniel Corti

Jean-Jérôme Esposito

Jean-Jérôme Esposito

Le Gringalet

Marius Grygielewicz

Piet Radic

Aurore Mensah

Blondine

Beata Nilska

Beata Nilska

Mme Radic

Laetitia Pesenti

Laetitia Pesenti

L'institutrice

Jacques Pieiller

Le flic

Hélène Surgère

Hélène Surgère

La marchande

Abdramane Diakite

Bébé enfant

Fiona Kendirian

Clim enfant

Sofia Besnard

Nora enfant

Amy Gassama

Blondine enfant

Lisa Lucciardi

Soeurette enfant

Benjamin Piat

Daniel Corti enfant

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