Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

1998
1h 53m
6.0

6.0/10

19 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama Romance
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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Production Information

Production Companies
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo Canal+ Diaphana Films
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
French

Keywords

france pregnancy love interracial relationship working class racism poverty family social injustice social realism arbeiter marseille

Quick Facts

Original Title À la place du cœur
Release Date December 9, 1998
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0126734

Cast

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
Laure Raoust

Clémentine 'Clim' Patché

Véronique Balme
Véronique Balme

Soeurette

Pierre Banderet
Pierre Banderet

Mr. d'Assas

Patrick Bonnel
Patrick Bonnel

Jaime

Djamal Bouanane
Djamal Bouanane

Khalil

Jacques Boudet
Jacques Boudet

Mr Levy

Guillaume Cantillon
Guillaume Cantillon

Daniel Corti

Key Crew

Robert Guédiguian
Director
Gilles Sandoz
Producer
Robert Guédiguian
Writer
Jean-Louis Milesi
Writer