A Flame in My Heart
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Alain Tanner
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| French | Une flamme dans mon cœur |
| Directed by | Alain Tanner |
| Written by | Myriam Mézières Alain Tanner |
| Produced by | Paulo Branco |
| Starring | Myriam Mézières Benoît Régent Aziz Kabouche |
| Cinematography | Acácio de Almeida |
| Edited by | Laurent Uhler |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | Switzerland France |
| Language | French |
A Flame in My Heart (French: Une flamme dans mon cœur) is a 1987 Swiss-French drama film co-written and directed by Alain Tanner. It stars Myriam Mézières, Benoît Régent and Aziz Kabouche, and centres on a woman’s shifting relationships with two men. The film later screened in Cape Town, Alès and Santiago de Compostela.[1][2]
The film follows Mercedes, a theatre actress, as her turbulent relationship with Johnny, a young Algerian immigrant, comes to an end and she begins a new relationship with Pierre, a journalist.[1] After Pierre goes away on a business trip, Mercedes becomes increasingly withdrawn and isolates herself.[3]
Cast
The cast includes:[4]
- Myriam Mézières as Mercedes
- Aziz Kabouche as Johnny
- Benoît Régent as Pierre
- Biana as the friend
- Jean-Yves Berteloot as the partner
- André Marcon as Etienne
- Jean-Gabriel Nordmann as the director
Reception
The Los Angeles Times wrote that the film offered an “honest or credible delineation” of obsessive love, and described it as a film of “considerable complexity”, involving “issues of culture and class as well as sex and politics”.[5] The New York Times described the film as an interesting work by a first-class filmmaker.[6]
Filmdienst described it as a confused, speculative and dishonest film about obsessive love.[2] Filmpodium quoted an assessment that Tanner could address both the world and sex without losing his personal perspective.[4] Der Tagesspiegel wrote that the film’s portrayal of an obsessive relationship had made a strong impression.[3]