The Fire That Burns

Name: The Fire That Burns
Director: Christophe Malavoy
Released: 1997
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Christophe Malavoy, Michel Aumont, Naël Marandin, Clément van den Bergh, Pierre-Arnaud Juin

1997 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 510 VOTES · DIR. Christophe Malavoy

Overview

Two boys in their early teens in a strictly-run pre-WWII Catholic School form a firm friendship which is troubled by an abbot who is obsessed with the younger of the students.

Dialogue Timeline — 971 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:12 THE LAND WHOSE KING IS A CHILD

00:05:51 "You purr?"

00:10:04 Why should my efforts be spoiled by this boy I hardly know?

00:13:38 and you faced expulsion

00:16:35 I don" mind your being a boarder.

00:24:37 And we're in April.

00:27:12 Notes, you a day-boy, he a boarder.

00:30:34 They call him Bonbon. He's rat poison!

00:32:58 But De Pradts gave us permission.

00:37:10 Well, on the following Sunday too.

00:42:08 Reflections on Fallen Priests by l'Abbê de Prad's

00:44:59 To get me away.

00:47:30 Yes, I can see it hurt.

00:51:08 You're crazy!

00:57:51 First, Giboy.

01:01:06 You were to believe them, but with understanding.

01:04:02 Well...

01:07:00 Don't forget it...

01:12:50 Mothers' tears. As some do lovers' tears.

01:16:10 The letter was taken to his parents at two.

01:18:31 Such deep concern...

01:21:13 who took care of that?

01:24:01 That's what we learned, that's what we teach.

01:27:22 It was very hard for me.

Cast & Characters

Christophe Malavoy L'abbé de Pradts Michel Aumont Le père supérieur Naël Marandin Sevrais Clément van den Bergh Souplier Pierre-Arnaud Juin Habert Pierre-Alexis Hollenbeck Linsbourg Michel Dussauze Prial Luc Levy Homme de peine Alain Gilbert Surveillant de la cantine Luc Denoux Maître de chant

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed971

Dialogue density10.7 lines / min

First line00:00:12

Final line01:27:22

Production Record

DirectorChristophe Malavoy

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes510