Les Feux de la chandeleur / Hearth Fires / Serge Korber / 1972 / film review

Les Feux de la chandeleur

1972 Comedy / Drama

Credits

Director: Serge Korber
Script: Serge Korber, Catherine Paysan, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Music: Michel Legrand
Cast: Annie Girardot (Marie-Louise Boursault), Claude Jade (Laura Boursault), Bernard Le Coq (Jean-Paul Boursault), Jean Rochefort (Alexandre Boursault), Bernard Fresson (Marc Champenois), Gabriella Boccardo (Annie), Ilaria Occhini (Clotilde), Jean Bouise (Yves Bouteiller)
Country: Italy / France
Language: French
Runtime: 104 min
Aka: Hearth Fires

Summary

Marie-Louise (Anne Giradot) is a woman whose love for her ex-husband will not die. The Lawyer Alexandre (Jean Rochefort) left her, because she attended a few leftwing marches and demonstrations. While her daughter Laura (Claude Jade) falls in love with Marc (Bernard Fresson), Marie-Louise keeps hoping that Alexandre will come back to her. She is so attached to this idea that when her son finally convinces her that he will never return, the realisation has dire consequences. Laura helps her to fight for love, but Laura’s brother Jean-Paul (Bernard LeCoq) calls his mother mad...

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