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.
as Marianne Patché
as Francine Lopez
as Joël Patché
as Franck Lopez
as Francois 'Bébé' Lopez
as Clémentine 'Clim' Patché
as Soeurette
as Mr. d'Assas
as Jaime
as Khalil
as Mr Levy
as Daniel Corti
as Le Gringalet
as Piet Radic
as Blondine
as Mme Radic
as L'institutrice
as Le flic
as La marchande
as Bébé enfant
as Clim enfant
as Nora enfant
as Blondine enfant
as Soeurette enfant
as Daniel Corti enfant
