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.
Director: Robert Guédiguian
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Ariane Ascaride as Marianne Patché |
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Christine Brücher as Francine Lopez |
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Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Joël Patché |
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Gérard Meylan as Franck Lopez |
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Alexandre Ogou as Francois 'Bébé' Lopez |
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Laure Raoust as Clémentine 'Clim' Patché |
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Véronique Balme as Soeurette |
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Pierre Banderet as Mr. d'Assas |
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Patrick Bonnel as Jaime |
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Djamal Bouanane as Khalil |
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Jacques Boudet as Mr Levy |
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Guillaume Cantillon as Daniel Corti |
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Jean-Jérôme Esposito as Le Gringalet |
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Marius Grygielewicz as Piet Radic |
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Aurore Mensah as Blondine |
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Beata Nilska as Mme Radic |
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Laetitia Pesenti as L'institutrice |
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Jacques Pieiller as Le flic |
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Hélène Surgère as La marchande |
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Abdramane Diakite as Bébé enfant |
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Fiona Kendirian as Clim enfant |
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Sofia Besnard as Nora enfant |
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Amy Gassama as Blondine enfant |
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Lisa Lucciardi as Soeurette enfant |
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Benjamin Piat as Daniel Corti enfant |
| Directing | Robert Guédiguian | Director |
| Production | Gilles Sandoz | Producer |
| Editing | Bernard Sasia | Editor |
| Camera | Bernard Cavalié | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Robert Guédiguian | Writer |
| Writing | Jean-Louis Milesi | Writer |
| Writing | James Baldwin | Original Film Writer |
