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Overview
Les Feux de la chandeleur is an Italian-French film comedy-drama first released in 1972,
directed by Serge Korber.
The film stars Annie Girardot, Claude Jade, Bernard Le Coq, Jean Rochefort and Bernard Fresson.
It has also been released under the title: Hearth Fires.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
Marie-Louise (Anne Giradot) is a woman whose love for her ex-husband will not die. The
Lawyer Alexandre (Jean Rochefort) left her, because she attended a few leftwing marches
and demonstrations. While her daughter Laura (Claude Jade) falls in love with Marc (Bernard
Fresson), Marie-Louise keeps hoping that Alexandre will come back to her. She is so attached
to this idea that when her son finally convinces her that he will never return, the realisation
has dire consequences. Laura helps her to fight for love, but Laura’s brother Jean-Paul
(Bernard LeCoq) calls his mother mad...
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