Obsessive love of the most terrifying kind is the subject of A FLAME IN MY HEART, a chilly offering from Alain Tanner, the Swiss director of JONAH--WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 (1976) and THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD (1974). Myriam Mezieres, whose screenplay was adapted by Tanner, stars as
Mercedes, a Parisian actress who, as the film opens, is attempting to break off with Johnny (Aziz Kabouche), her Arab lover. He cannot accept this, however, and dogs her continually. One day on the Metro she picks up the journalist Pierre (Benoit Regent), and falls desperately in love with him
after a single tryst. Luckily for Mercedes, he's receptive to her sudden adoration; unluc...
Released:
1987
Rated:
NR
Length:
110 mins