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.
| 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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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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