The Faithful Heart ( Coeur Fidèle ) ( Coeur fidèle (The Faith ful Heart) )

The Faithful Heart (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Coeur Fidèle
Alternate Title: Coeur fidèle (The Faith ful Heart)
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Silent ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Silent ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1923 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jean Epstein

Written By:
Jean Epstein
Marie Epstein

Actors:
Léon Mathot ..... Jean
Gina Manès ..... Marie
Edmond Van Daële ..... Little Paul
Claude Benedict ..... Mr. Hochon
Madame Maufroy ..... Mrs. Hochon
Marie Epstein ..... Crippled Woman
Madeleine Erickson ..... Woman of the Port

Synopsis:

Jean Epstein's Coeur Fidèle (True Heart) established the great French filmmaker as one of the most inventive directors of the (then still silent) art form. A pared-down tale of a barmaid oppressed by an exploitative foster family who attempt to push her into the arms of an unscrupulous regular-about-town, Marie's heart (exuberantly vivified by Gina Marès) belongs, as far as she's concerned, to the tenderly blank Jean (Léon Mathot)... Coeur Fidèle drives its simple story (which, with its infamous and exhilarating 'carousel sequence', helped pave the way for he narrative tradition of such Murnau masterworks as Sunrise and City Girl) on into the realm of what might be considered an early incarnation of French poetic realism - all while still anticipating Epstein's magical, post-surrealist, later works.

Marie wants to escape from her job and also from her lover, Paul, an unemployed drunk. She dreams of going off with Jean, a dockworker. The two men quarrel and fight over Marie on two occasions, but Paul retains a hold over her. Marie has a baby who falls ill and as time goes on Jean and a crippled neighbor try to help the child. Paul nearly causes the death of the child whilst in a drunken stupor and in a final struggle that occurs, the crippled woman seizes Paul's gun and shoots him dead.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 06 September, 2011.

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