The Fire Within
Synopsis
Alain Leroy is having a course of treatment in a private hospital because of his problem with alcohol. Although he is constantly distressed, he leaves the hospital and tries to meet good old days' friends. None of them will be helpful, increasing Alain's distress.
Production Budget Analysis
The production budget for The Fire Within (1963) has not been publicly disclosed.
CAST: Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps, Jean-Paul Moulinot, Mona Dol DIRECTOR: Louis Malle CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ghislain Cloquet MUSIC: Erik Satie PRODUCTION: Nouvelles Éditions de Films
Box Office Performance
Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for The Fire Within (1963). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.
Profitability Assessment
Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.
INDUSTRY IMPACT
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Summary: 2 wins & 2 nominations
Awards Won: ★ Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
Nominations: ○ International Submission to the Academy Awards
CRITICAL RECEPTION
The film was the official French submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but it was not chosen as one of the final five nominees in the category.
The Fire Within has an approval rating of 82% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 7.7/10. In his 2006 Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin gave the film 3.5 stars (out of four), calling it "probably Malle's best early film." Roger Ebert gave the film the same rating, describing it as a "triumph of style."
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