Directed by:
Louis MalleCinematography:
Ghislain CloquetCast:
Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Jeanne Moreau, Alexandra Stewart, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps, Henri Serre, Micha Bayard, Alain Mottet, Jacques Sereys (more)Plots(1)
After garnering international acclaim for such seminal crowd-pleasers as The Lovers and Zazie dans le métro, Louis Malle gave his fans a shock with The Fire Within (Le feu follet), a penetrating study of individual and social inertia. Maurice Ronet (Elevator to the Gallows), in an implosive, haunted performance, plays Alain Leroy, a self-destructive writer who resolves to kill himself and spends the next twenty-four hours trying to reconnect with a host of wayward friends. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Maurice Ronet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/584/162584633_ef657d.png)
Maurice Ronet
France
Best movies:
Purple Noon (1960)
The Fire Within (1963)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Léna Skerla
Best movies:
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
The Fire Within (1963)
![Jeanne Moreau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/936/161936215_332374.jpg)
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Back to the Wall (1958)
![Alexandra Stewart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/744/160744281_3ba984.png)
Alexandra Stewart
Canada
Best movies:
Day for Night (1973)
The Hidden Face (2011)
Bolero (1981)
![Yvonne Clech](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/437/437176_bd9d8a.jpg)
Yvonne Clech
France
Best movies:
The Fire Within (1963)
Men Think Only of That (1954)
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962)
![Hubert Deschamps](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/353/21353663_aeab66.jpg)
Hubert Deschamps
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
The Spies (1957)
Dear Inspector (1978)
![Henri Serre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/025/059/25059629_10ecfb.jpg)
Henri Serre
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
Micha Bayard
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Brain (1969)
![Alain Mottet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/051/471/51471369_65c02f.jpg)
Alain Mottet
France
Best movies:
Army of Shadows (1969)
The Fire Within (1963)
My New Partner at the Races (1990)
![Jacques Sereys](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000469_4b904b.jpg)
Jacques Sereys
France
Best movies:
I... For Icarus (1979)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
The Fire Within (1963)
![Jean-Paul Moulinot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000470_047b01.jpg)
Jean-Paul Moulinot
France
Best movies:
Mado (1976)
To Die of Love (1971)
The Fire Within (1963)
![Darling Légitimus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/318/158318935_34a465.jpg)
Darling Légitimus
Martinique
Best movies:
The Wages of Fear (1953)
The Fire Within (1963)
The Crucible (1957)
Tony Taffin
France
Best movies:
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
The Fire Within (1963)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Ursula Kubler
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Fire Within (1963)
Vie privée (1962)
French Cancan (1955)
Pierre Moncorbier
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
The Confession (1970)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
Romain Bouteille
France
Best movies:
The Tenant (1976)
The Fire Within (1963)
The Scent of Mandarin (2015)
Mona Dol
France
Best movies:
The Fire Within (1963)
Le Joueur (1958)
Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949)
Bernard Noël
France
Best movies:
The Fire Within (1963)
A Married Woman (1964)
Leathernose (1951)
Bernard Tiphaine
France
Best movies:
The Little Prince (2015)
The Fire Within (1963)
La Situation est grave... mais pas désespérée (1976)
Michèle Mahaut
Best movies:
The Fire Within (1963)