Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is (1998)

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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  • Release Date: 1998-12-09
  • Runtime: 1h 53min
  • Director: Robert Guédiguian

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Cast

  • Ariane Ascaride

    Marianne Patché

  • Christine Brücher

    Francine Lopez

  • Jean-Pierre Darroussin

    Joël Patché

  • Gérard Meylan

    Franck Lopez

  • Alexandre Ogou

    Francois 'Bébé' Lopez

  • Laure Raoust

    Clémentine 'Clim' Patché

  • Véronique Balme

    Soeurette

  • Pierre Banderet

    Mr. d'Assas

  • Patrick Bonnel

    Jaime

  • Djamal Bouanane

    Khalil

  • Jacques Boudet

    Mr Levy

  • Guillaume Cantillon

    Daniel Corti

  • Jean-Jérôme Esposito

    Le Gringalet

  • Marius Grygielewicz

    Piet Radic

  • Aurore Mensah

    Blondine

  • Beata Nilska

    Mme Radic

  • Laetitia Pesenti

    L'institutrice

  • Jacques Pieiller

    Le flic

  • 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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