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The Fire Within (French: Le Feu follet, pronounced [lə fø fɔlɛ]; "The Manic Fire" or "Will-O'-the-Wisp") is a 1963 drama film written and directed by Louis Malle.It is based on the 1931 novel Will O' the Wisp by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, which was inspired by the life of poet Jacques Rigaut.
Will O' the Wisp (French: Le feu follet) is a 1931 novel by the French writer Pierre Drieu La Rochelle.It has also been published in English as The Fire Within.It tells the story of a 30-year-old man who after military service, followed by a few years of cosmopolitan, decadent life, has become burned out, addicted to heroin and tired of living.
Pierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle (French: [dʁjø la ʁɔʃɛl]; 3 January 1893 – 15 March 1945) was a French writer of novels, short stories, and political essays.He was born, lived and died in Paris.
The Feu follet or Fifollet is a legendary spirit in French and Louisiana Creole folklore, similar to the Will-o'-the-wisp. Feu follet, Feufollet or Feu-follet may also refer to: Feufollet, an American band; The Fire Within (Le feu follet), a 1963 film; The Wing-and-Wing (Le feu-follet), an 1842 novel; Transcendental Étude No. 5 (Liszt) (Feux ...
Feu: Feu follet the Brazilian equivalent of the will-o'-the-wisp; Le Feu follet (The Fire Within), a 1963 French drama film directed by Louis Malle; Le feu follet (novel), a 1931 novel by the French writer Pierre Drieu La Rochelle; Other: Le Follet, Parisian fashion magazine, published weekly from November 1829 to 1892
The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet is an 1842, sea novel by the American author James Fenimore Cooper.It includes a thematic interest in religiosity and faith. [1] The novel also introduces metacriticism into Cooper's sea fiction, as does The Sea Lions, unlike earlier novels which typically also focused on nautical and nationalist themes.
The fifollet (or feu-follet) of Louisiana derives from the French. The legend says that the fifollet is a soul sent back from the dead to do God's penance, but instead attacks people for vengeance. While it mostly takes part in harmless mischievous acts, the fifollet sometimes sucked the blood of children.
Playing with Fire (French: Le Jeu avec le feu, Italian: Giochi di fuoco) is a 1975 French-Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant. It was released in France in 1975 and recorded admissions of 350,606. [1]