Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

Release date : December 9, 1998
Runtime : 1h 53m
Countries of origin : France /
Original Language : French /
Director : Robert Guédiguian /
Production companies : Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo / Canal+ / Diaphana Films /
December 9, 1998 1h 53m France Comedy French More
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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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  • title:Where the Heart Is
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1998
  • Runtime:1h 53m
  • Genres: Comedy · Drama · Romance ·
  • Countries of origin: France ·
  • Original Language: French ·
  • Director: Robert Guédiguian /
  • Writers: Jean-Louis Milesi · Robert Guédiguian · James Baldwin ·
  • Production companies: Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo · Canal+ · Diaphana Films ·
  • 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.
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