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Watch Me Burn

2018 · 104 min Drama TV Movie
7.2 / 10 · TMDB

Sixteen-year-old Jonathan, after enduring months of relentless school bullying, soaks himself in gasoline and strikes a match. His life now hangs suspended in an induced coma, his body ravaged by burns. His parents are shattered, the school plunged into turmoil. The film meticulously dissects the fragile boundary between adolescent despair and adult helplessness, tracing the devastating aftershocks of a single act that leaves no one untouched.

📋 Film Details

Original Title Le jour où j'ai brûlé mon coeur
Year 2018
Country France
Genre Drama, TV Movie
Director Christophe Lamotte
Runtime 104 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.2/10 (101 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The director foregoes easy judgments, opting instead for a forensic examination of pain's ripple effects—from the sterile hospital room to the staff lounge. The camera maintains an unflinching proximity to the protagonist's silence and the surrounding cacophony of guilt.

What lingers after the credits is not catharsis, but a grim, essential awareness of communal failure. A sobering investigation into how silence around suffering becomes complicity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Christophe Lamotte

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The strained quiet of hospital corridors, muffled voices behind closed doors, the cold glow of monitor screens.

🎭 Cast

Michaël Youn

Michaël Youn

Patrick Demarescau

Camille Chamoux

Camille Chamoux

Sabine Destin

Clément Manuel

Clément Manuel

Laurent Destin

Sarah Stern

Sarah Stern

Marie Demarescau

Camille Aguilar

Camille Aguilar

Camille Destin

Manon Bresch

Manon Bresch

Clara

Martin Daquin

Martin Daquin

Jonathan Destin

Batyste Fleurial

Batyste Fleurial

Antoine Demarescau

Luna Lou

Luna Lou

Tiffany

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