Le Feu Follet (1963)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 108 minuten
Alternative titles: The Fire Within / Will o' the Wisp / A Time to Live and a Time to Die
Country:
France / Italy
Directed by: Louis Malle
Stars: Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla and Pierre Moncorbier
IMDb score:
7,8 (11.797)
Releasedate: 15 October 1963
Le Feu Follet plot
Alain Leroy (Ronet) is a characteristic alcoholic who has decided to commit suicide. Before the scheduled date, he visits old friends who cannot help him.
Actors and actresses
Alain Leroy
Lydia
Mademoiselle Farnoux
D'Averseau
Dr. La Barbinais
Madame La Barbinais
Moraine
Charlie (as René Dupuis)
Milou
Dubourg
Reviews & comments
Film Pegasus (moderator films)
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For me it is a somewhat superficial film about a man who struggles with alcoholism and depression and hopes for a little light in his familiar Paris with his friends and acquaintances. While I usually appreciate this, things don't go so well here with the dialogues that approach the whole thing philosophically or artistically rather than humanly. But it will gradually improve. And the images are very nicely done with appropriate music. So I have some mixed feelings about this film, perhaps I will like it better on a later rewatch.
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In itself it is a film that I like (the comparable Oslo, 31 August is in my personal top 10), and I thought it was a nice picture at times, but it still remains stuck somewhere between 3 and 3.5*.
Thematically I thought it was an interesting film, the protagonist is a charismatic guy, but I still didn't find the execution entirely satisfactory. Le Feu Follet is very slow at times, and Malle sometimes lost me in the second half.
What remains is the beautiful image of Paris, the beautiful music of Satie and the style of Maurice Ronet.
By the way, it's nice to see the film crew walking along with Ronet in the reflection of the shop windows.
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