Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is by Robert Guédiguian

6.22

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.

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Cast

Ariane Ascaride

Ariane Ascaride as Marianne Patché

Christine Brücher

Christine Brücher as Francine Lopez

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Joël Patché

Gérard Meylan

Gérard Meylan as Franck Lopez

Alexandre Ogou

Alexandre Ogou as Francois 'Bébé' Lopez

Laure Raoust

Laure Raoust as Clémentine 'Clim' Patché

Véronique Balme

Véronique Balme as Soeurette

Pierre Banderet

Pierre Banderet as Mr. d'Assas

Patrick Bonnel

Patrick Bonnel as Jaime

Djamal Bouanane

Djamal Bouanane as Khalil

Jacques Boudet

Jacques Boudet as Mr Levy

Guillaume Cantillon

Guillaume Cantillon as Daniel Corti

Jean-Jérôme Esposito

Jean-Jérôme Esposito as Le Gringalet

Marius Grygielewicz

Marius Grygielewicz as Piet Radic

Aurore Mensah

Aurore Mensah as Blondine

Beata Nilska

Beata Nilska as Mme Radic

Laetitia Pesenti

Laetitia Pesenti as L'institutrice

Jacques Pieiller

Jacques Pieiller as Le flic

Hélène Surgère

Hélène Surgère as La marchande

Abdramane Diakite

Abdramane Diakite as Bébé enfant

Fiona Kendirian

Fiona Kendirian as Clim enfant

Sofia Besnard

Sofia Besnard as Nora enfant

Amy Gassama

Amy Gassama as Blondine enfant

Lisa Lucciardi

Lisa Lucciardi as Soeurette enfant

Benjamin Piat

Benjamin Piat as Daniel Corti enfant

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