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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 82%. Scores higher than 76% of the 786 1960s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
251 audience votes
Key crew
- Louis MalleScreenplay
- Louis MalleDirector
Cast
- Maurice RonetAlain Leroy
- Léna SkerlaLydia
- Yvonne ClechMademoiselle Farnoux
- Hubert DeschampsD'Averseau
- Jean-Paul MoulinotDr. La Barbinais
- Mona DolMadame La Barbinais
- Pierre MoncorbierMoraine
- René DupuyCharlie (as René Dupuis)
- Bernard TiphaineMilou
- Bernard NoëlDubourg
- Ursula Vian-KüblerFanny
- Jeanne MoreauEva
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Themes
paris, francealcoholismlonelinessclinicluger
The Best Movies of 1963
The Fire Within is #13 of 60
