

Where the Heart Is
Visit website6.2/10 • 18
1998-12-09 • 1h 53m
From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois, is wrongly accused of rape by a racist policeman. The story is told in voiceover by his childhood friend, neighbor, and the mother of his future child, Clementine, who is white. The city is Marseilles as in the previous film, symbolic with its churches, prisons and ruins. Except in this film, director Robert Guediguian also ventures outside, taking the story to Sarajevo; two different cities, one devastated by war, the other by a bad economy and unemployment. A la Place du coeur won a Special Jury Prize at the 1998 San Sebastian Film Festival and was also shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival and the 1998 Montreal Film Festival.
- Directors
- Robert Guédiguian
- Writters
- Robert Guédiguian, Jean-Louis Milesi
- Editors
- Bernard Sasia

Where the Heart Is
Visit website1998-12-09 • 1h 53m
6.2/10 • 18
From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois, is wrongly accused of rape by a racist policeman. The story is told in voiceover by his childhood friend, neighbor, and the mother of his future child, Clementine, who is white. The city is Marseilles as in the previous film, symbolic with its churches, prisons and ruins. Except in this film, director Robert Guediguian also ventures outside, taking the story to Sarajevo; two different cities, one devastated by war, the other by a bad economy and unemployment. A la Place du coeur won a Special Jury Prize at the 1998 San Sebastian Film Festival and was also shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival and the 1998 Montreal Film Festival.
- Directors
- Robert Guédiguian
- Writters
- Robert Guédiguian, Jean-Louis Milesi
- Editors
- Bernard Sasia
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsAriane Ascaride
Marianne Patché
Christine Brücher
Francine Lopez
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Joël Patché
Gérard Meylan
Franck Lopez
Alexandre Ogou
Francois 'Bébé' Lopez
Laure Raoust
Clémentine 'Clim' Patché
Véronique Balme
Soeurette
Pierre Banderet
Mr. d'Assas
Patrick Bonnel
Jaime
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- Original Language
- French
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- Keywords
- francepregnancyloveinterracial relationshipworking classracismpovertyfamilysocial injusticesocial realismarbeitermarseille