Candlelight
| Movie | |
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| German title | Candlelight |
| Original title | The Feux de la chandeleur |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Serge Korber |
| script | Pierre Uytterhoeven |
| production | Gérard Beytout |
| music | Michel Legrand |
| camera | Jean-Jacques Tarbes |
| cut | Jacques Schaeffer |
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Candlelight ( Les Feux de la chandeleur ) is a French film from 1972. The scenario was written by Serge Korber and Pierre Uytterhoeven based on the novel by Catherine Paysan . The leading roles are played by Annie Girardot , Jean Rochefort , Claude Jade , Bernard LeCoq and Bernard Fresson .
content
The mother Marie-Louise Boursault ( Annie Girardot ) raised her children Laura and Jean-Paul alone for years. Her lawyer husband Alexandre ( Jean Rochefort ) has left her because of her activities in the Socialist Party . Ten years go by. A Siberian winter is just moving into the city and daughter Laura ( Claude Jade ), who is studying psychology and medicine in Paris, is returning to the small town in the Jura. Over the years Laura has become a fighter for emancipation, while her mother hopes her husband will return. After initial reluctance, Laura falls in love with her mother's party friend, the teacher Marc Champenois ( Bernard Fresson ). When Marie-Louise wants to take back Alexandre, Laura sticks to her and insists on her father, who lives in the same town, to return. However, Laura's brother Jean-Paul (Bernard LeCoq) turns away and declares the mother crazy ...
reception
The family drama was an official contribution to the 1972 Cannes Film Festival .
criticism
film-dienst : A sensitively staged marriage drama, sounded out in a psychologically convincing manner and performed excellently.
Web links
- Candlelight in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Candlelight. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .