Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

113 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Dec. 9, 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.

Where the Heart Is

113 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Dec. 9, 1998

Where the Heart Is
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Canal+, Agat Films & Cie, Diaphana Films
Original title À la place du cœur
Directors Robert Guédiguian
Writers James Baldwin, Jean-Louis Milesi, Robert Guédiguian

Cast

Ariane Ascaride

as Marianne Patché

Christine Brücher

as Francine Lopez

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

as Joël Patché

Gérard Meylan

as Franck Lopez

Alexandre Ogou

as Francois 'Bébé' Lopez

Laure Raoust

as Clémentine 'Clim' Patché

Véronique Balme

as Soeurette

Pierre Banderet

as Mr. d'Assas

Patrick Bonnel

as Jaime

Djamal Bouanane

as Khalil

Jacques Boudet

as Mr Levy

Guillaume Cantillon

as Daniel Corti

Jean-Jérôme Esposito

as Le Gringalet

Marius Grygielewicz

as Piet Radic

Aurore Mensah

as Blondine

Beata Nilska

as Mme Radic

Laetitia Pesenti

as L'institutrice

Jacques Pieiller

as Le flic

Hélène Surgère

as La marchande

Abdramane Diakite

as Bébé enfant

Fiona Kendirian

as Clim enfant

Sofia Besnard

as Nora enfant

Amy Gassama

as Blondine enfant

Lisa Lucciardi

as Soeurette enfant

Benjamin Piat

as Daniel Corti enfant