The Fire That Burns
The Fire That Burns
| 01 October 1997 (USA)
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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.

Reviews
Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
EssenceStory Well Deserved Praise
Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense
Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
Luis Ribeiro This is a small, slow-paced, poised, beautiful movie only the French can make. Of course, the old buildings, paint-flaking doors, and the sounds of the French language help to set the tone.It is about childhood and priesthood, friendship and love, honesty and lack of malice, and how a religious, heterosexist culture can mess them up. It is worth watching even if you don't buy the whole catholic/theological argumentation (I don't).It also alludes to the oft-pointed fact that the Church - while despising same-sex love/sex - has been a safe haven for those God-fearing individuals who cannot act/feel otherwise.Enjoy!
tim_trent The spoiler is not about the plot, but about the ages of the two boys. To me they appeared to be 14 and 9 or so. Add 4 years to each boy's age and you get a more realistic love story within a school.I was not wholly satisfied with the plot, because it was rather banal, but I can't fault the acting, which was excellent, right down to the glint in Sevrais's eyes when he sees Souplier in the gym I wonder, too, if there was a pun or two in the boys' names: Sevrais "C'est Vrais" (for he told the truth a lot) and "Souplier" perhaps "Supplicant? The final scenes do call into question the entire church hierarchy and its "mastery" of sins of the flesh
jenny As usual a beautiful performance by young actor Nael Marandin, here only 16 years old. I hope Marandin will continue acting although I don't think he's appeared in a movie since 1998. The story is also beautiful and the subject doesn't feel out of date at all. Recommended to those who can appreciate a nice, little flick with a slow pace.
Reelboy-2 This story of a priest scrutinizing the close friendship of two young boys in a highly-religious, regulated catholic school, was well treated and in tune with the author's book. The poised and repressed sentiments lead to a slow, uneventful movie that succeeds however in getting its point across. A nice tableau of a time not so far away.
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