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Burning Ghost

Original title: Vif-argent
  • 2019
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
520
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Burning Ghost (2019)
DramaFantasyRomance

In the streets of Paris, Juste collects the last memory of people only he can see, before helping them into the afterlife. Juste is a ghost. But one day Agathe recognizes him. She knew him w... Read allIn the streets of Paris, Juste collects the last memory of people only he can see, before helping them into the afterlife. Juste is a ghost. But one day Agathe recognizes him. She knew him when he was alive.In the streets of Paris, Juste collects the last memory of people only he can see, before helping them into the afterlife. Juste is a ghost. But one day Agathe recognizes him. She knew him when he was alive.

  • Director
    • Stéphane Batut
  • Writers
    • Stéphane Batut
    • Christine Dory
    • Frédéric Videau
  • Stars
    • Thimotée Robart
    • Judith Chemla
    • Saadia Bentaïeb
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    520
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Stéphane Batut
    • Writers
      • Stéphane Batut
      • Christine Dory
      • Frédéric Videau
    • Stars
      • Thimotée Robart
      • Judith Chemla
      • Saadia Bentaïeb
    • 4User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Thimotée Robart
    • Juste Gérane
    Judith Chemla
    Judith Chemla
    • Agathe
    Saadia Bentaïeb
    Saadia Bentaïeb
    • Kramarz
    Djolof Mbengue
    • Alpha
    Marie-José Kilolo Maputu
    • Baïlo
    Cecilia Mangini
    • La nonna
    Babakar Bâ
    • Babakar
    Bernard Mazzinghi
    • L'homme au scooter
    Frédéric Bonpart
    • Le policier
    Antoine Chappey
    • Le père de Juste
    Jacques Nolot
    Jacques Nolot
    • Le vieux fantôme
    Daphne Koutsafti
    • La jeune femme de l'atelier
    Mohamed Lamouri
    • Le musicien du métro
    Jeanne Gorin
    • La jeune fille qui chante
    Nusch
    • La jeune fille de la fête
    • (as Nusch Batut)
    Myriam Laraba
    • La fille d'Agathe
    Denise Benoît
    • La voisine
    Véronique Batteux
    • Infirmière
    • Director
      • Stéphane Batut
    • Writers
      • Stéphane Batut
      • Christine Dory
      • Frédéric Videau
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    User reviews4

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    8peter-52045

    Beauty

    Outstanding! What a treat: a poem, a short story, a thought. This movie feels like a painted dream, so soft and sensible and modest too. Perfect and creative photography, simple and clear script, yet surprising at times. Actors are lovable. A little bit bombastic score but beautiful!
    Kirpianuscus

    beautiful...

    ...or meditative or poetic or eccentric. A seductive portrait of afterlife and sentimental connections or hope or forgiveness . Romantic and provocative. Moving. Short, a film who you deserve as good stop of time, for reflecting about life, for the need of special fairy tales.
    7roger-99-171599

    A Romantic, Bizarre and Meditative look at Dead Lovers

    A young man's ghost wanders through the city meeting up other dead folks and helping them get thru the process of understanding and adapting to their condition. A longtime lover is able to see (and feel) him, developing an eccentric, romantically surreal relationship, as he tries to recall his past feelings. Stéphane Batut's seductive and enigmatic feature debut is a captivating look at how we're easily able to forgive and forget, let go and re-adapt while dealing with the inevitable cycle of life.

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    • Trivia
      A "My French Film Festival" nominee in 2021.
    • Quotes

      Agathe: I start early this morning. I don't have much time so I'll just say things as they come. I've never been very good at analyzing what's happening to me. It isn't my thing. I can't act as if you weren't here, as if you hadn't come back. It sounds stupid but you've been in my thoughts ever since Turkey, somewhere in my hopes. I can see that none of this is real, that what we're living doesn't really exist. It's like a digression, a secret. But what's real and true are my feelings for you: what I am when you're there, as if I am infinite, making up for lost time. So for me you exist. And even if though it seems crazy, I want it to carry on, as much as possible. So appear to me again, my beautiful dream, my beautiful lie. I love you.

    • Soundtracks
      Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
      Written by Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performed by Láng Lang

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 4, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Destello fugaz
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Zadig Films
      • M141
      • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $49,674
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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