Underplayed Gems

Fire in the Straw (1940)

Fire in the Straw poster
Original title
Le Feu de paille
Directed by
Jean Benoit-Lévy
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man returns to his family farm in rural France and must deal with old tensions and new problems. The story looks at relationships and choices within a struggling household.

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What happens

Fire in the Straw (French: Le feu de paille) is a 1939 French drama film directed by Jean Benoît-Lévy and starring Lucien Baroux, Orane Demazis and Gaby Basset. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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