Coeur fidèle AKA The Faithful Heart (1923) Film of the Week #295

[Cocoa]

Film of the Week #295: Coeur fidèle AKA The Faithful Heart (1923)



Summary:
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

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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.

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#8 on 500<400, with 404 checks.
Nominated by blocho, joachimt, and xianjiro.
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#8(⇧14, #22) Coeur fidèle (1923)
[The Faithful Heart]

Directed by: Jean Epstein
(1271.81 Pts, 33 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–3–10
History: 8←22←56←35←42←215

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This movie fits the current Romance Challenge.



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[72aicm]

[Fergenaprido]

Don't remember why I watched this (almost exactly) two years ago, must have been promoted before.

Didn't like it. 4.8/10. Can't remember much about it to tell you more, to be honest. Glad it's got too many checks for the hidden gem list now.

[Fergenaprido]

Here is a schedule of all the FotWs.

That link leads to the Banned Films Challenge from June this year.

[Cocoa]

Here is a schedule of all the FotWs.

That link leads to the Banned Films Challenge from June this year.

Fixed.

[xianjiro]

Just watched. It was okay with a mix of clever cinematography and a rather trite story. Suffers from the usual 'problems' I find in most silents - the makeup on men is way overdone (though I don't remember any black lips) and the acting is just too 'big.' There was no subtlety. But the bigger issue was the story just didn't interest me. It was hard for me to decide on a rating, but I went with 6 stars and not 7. Feels very overrated to me on IMDb, but that's nothing new when it comes to silent cinema and me.

[monclivie]

I remember watching it as the last movie of "film of each year challenge" in 2015, minutes before going out to new year's eve party. The story seemed rather naive and annoying but there was some amazing cinematography - especially that ending made the whole thing worth watching.

[Cocoa]

I feel like I would have been more invested in the film if the default look people expressed on their face wasn't a stone face/frown.

[blocho]

Decent romantic melodrama. The story is old hat, but the editing and photography are the main attractions. Worth seeing for the swing carousel scene alone: A vision of the fairgrounds as a source of menace and despair. The image below was one that quite took my breath away.