Naked Hearts (1966)

Original title

Les Cœurs verts

Directed by

Édouard Luntz

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young men in a Paris suburb try to get jobs and stay out of trouble after being released from prison. The film follows their everyday struggles with peer pressure and the police.

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What happens

Naked Hearts (French: Les Cœurs verts) is a 1966 French drama film directed by Édouard Luntz. It was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival. The film tells the story of a group of young people from Nanterre, a suburb to the west of Paris. The main characters, Zim and Jean-Pierre, are part of a gang of greasers (referred to in French as «blousons noirs»), and meet in prison at the beginning of the film. The narrative traces their efforts to negotiate the dynamics of the group, find a job, and stay out of trouble (both are on provisional release after their initial brush with the law). Naked Hearts is unusual for its period in its use of non-professional actors and for its mix of narrative and documentary elements. The group of young men at the center of the film is composed of residents of Nanterre, and Luntz purportedly worked closely with them in writing the story. Segments of voiceover appear at several points in the film, apparently recorded conversations with young people from the area. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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