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THE FIRE THAT BURNS

La ville dont le prince est un enfant

Directed by Christophe Malavoy
France, 1997
Drama
  • 8888 minutes

Synopsis

Philosophy student Andre Sevrais attends a Catholic boys’ school in pre-World War II Paris, where he becomes fast friends with a younger schoolmate named Souplier. But this close friendship does not go unobserved by the Abbot de Pradts.

Synopsis

Philosophy student Andre Sevrais attends a Catholic boys’ school in pre-World War II Paris, where he becomes fast friends with a younger schoolmate named Souplier. But this close friendship does not go unobserved by the Abbot de Pradts.