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La Ville dont le prince est un enfant (film)
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La Ville dont le prince est un enfant is a 1997 made for television film adapted from 1955 play by French dramatist Henry de Montherlant
of the same title.
The title, literally translated, The City Where the Prince is a Child, is taken from Ecclesiastes
10:16: "Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!"
The French language film was subsequently released in North America
n markets on DVD in 2004 under the title, The Fire That Burns, similar to the 1977 English language translation of the play produced in 1977 under the title, The Fire that Consumes
.
), who harbors a secret obsession with Souplier and uses his position of authority to try to handle the adolescent Servais, with the pretext of protecting the youngster Souplier; ultimately, however, he is undone by his own hand.
Henry de Montherlant
Henry de Montherlant or Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant was a French essayist, novelist and one of the leading French dramatists of the twentieth century.- Works :...
of the same title.
The title, literally translated, The City Where the Prince is a Child, is taken from Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes
The Book of Ecclesiastes, called , is a book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name derives from the Greek translation of the Hebrew title.The main speaker in the book, identified by the name or title Qoheleth , introduces himself as "son of David, king in Jerusalem." The work consists of personal...
10:16: "Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!"
The French language film was subsequently released in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n markets on DVD in 2004 under the title, The Fire That Burns, similar to the 1977 English language translation of the play produced in 1977 under the title, The Fire that Consumes
The Fire that Consumes
The Fire that Consumes is an English translation of the 1955 play by French dramatist Henry de Montherlant, La Ville dont le Prince est un enfant. The play was translated by Vivian Cox with Bernard Miles, and staged at the London West End Mermaid Theatre in 1977...
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Summary
Philosophy student André Sevrais (played by Naël Marandin) attends a Catholic boys' school in Paris, where he becomes fast friends with his younger schoolmate, a little rebellious boy named Serge Souplier (played by Clément van den Bergh). This friendship between the two youngsters does not go unobserved by the Abbot of Pradts (played by Christophe MalavoyChristophe Malavoy
-Selected filmography:* Madame Bovary* Le Cri du hibou* La Balance* A Captain's Honor* Le Voyage en douce* Death in a French Garden-External links:...
), who harbors a secret obsession with Souplier and uses his position of authority to try to handle the adolescent Servais, with the pretext of protecting the youngster Souplier; ultimately, however, he is undone by his own hand.
Cast
- Christophe MalavoyChristophe Malavoy-Selected filmography:* Madame Bovary* Le Cri du hibou* La Balance* A Captain's Honor* Le Voyage en douce* Death in a French Garden-External links:...
– Abbot of Pradts - Naël Marandin – André Sevrais
- Clément van den Bergh – Serge Souplier
- Michel Aumont – The Father Superior
- Pierre-Arnaud Juin – Habert
- Pierre-Alexis Hollenbeck – Linsbourg
- Michel Dussauze – Prial
- Luc Levy – Unskilled laborer
- Alain Gilbert – Cantene supervisor
- Luc Denoux – Music master