The Fire That Burns (La Ville Dont le Prince Est un Enfant)
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Actor: Alain Gilbert, Luc Denoux, Michel Aumont, Michel Dussauze, Pierre-Alexis HollenbeckDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-21
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Picture This Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Fire That Burns (La Ville Dont le Prince Est un Enfant)
Movie Review: Defining Love
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Fire That Burns"
Defining Love
Amos Lassen
"The Fire That Burns" (Picture This Entertainment) takes place in a Catholic boys' school in Paris before World War II. A friendship between a bright philosophy student, Andre Sevrais (Nael Maradin) and a younger schoolmate, Souplier (Clement van den Bergh) brings on jealousy of the Abbot de Pradts (Christophe Malavoy) who secretly lusts after Souplier. The Abbot lays a trap for Andre but ends up ruined by his own machinations to the dismay of the Father Superior.
This is a romantic movie in every sense of the word as it displays human affection in the purest way and uses no nudity or profanity.
The Abbot is a handsome, sensitive priest and he has taken young Souplier under his wing and the boy thrives on the attention he receives. However his interests are on another student, Andre with whom he skips class to explore his feelings for him. The two boys are involved in a beautiful and pure love affair. The Abbot is very jealous and finds a way to remove Andre from the school. The result of this is the conclusion of the film so you will have to wait and see. When the Father Superior realizes what is going on we see the difference between sacred and profane love.
The acting is wonderful and the film is a philosophical, intellectual, sophisticated look at love. The confrontation between the two priests will really get you thinking about love of G-d and love between humans. This is quite a strong film and the taboo subject of love between boys is splashed across the screen and we see the power of sacrificial love.
Summary of The Fire That Burns (La Ville Dont le Prince Est un Enfant)
A richly textured drama based on the novel "The Land Whose King is a Child" (referring to Ecclesiastes 10:6 "Woe to the land whose king is a child) by prolific, French novelist and dramatist Henry de Montherlant. Whose king is a child) by prolific, French novelist and dramatist Henry de Montherlant. The story takes place before World War II in a Catholic boys' school in Paris, where the friendship between bright philosophy student Andre Sevrais (Nael Marandin) and his younger schoolmate Souplier (Clement van den Bergh of Class Trip) arouses the jealousy of the Abbot de Pradts (Christophe Malavoy), who is secretly in the thrall of young Souplier. De Pradts lays a trap for Sevrais but ends up crushed by his own machinations to the utter disdain of the Father Superior (Michel Aumont of The Closet and Man is a Woman).Art House & International DVD Video
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