Only the Fire
2013, French. Directed by Christophe Pellet.
At the end of June in Paris: Mireille accompanies his friend Thomas, a solitary and restless being, during a walk to Père Lachaise. Thomas is very agitated, worried. He confides to Mireille that he wishes to be cremated in the event of death. In September: after a period of holidays, Mireille returns at her home. She and his friends do not any more manage to contact Thomas. After investigation, Mireille learns that Thomas died in August, only. As he has no family his body was interred in the square of the needy of the new cemetery of Thiais. Mireille wants to honor the last wills of his friend, but the law is strict: to dig up the body and cremate it, the services of the city hall have to have the signature of a member of Thomas's family. Mireille learns that Thomas had a younger brother, Melchior. But But the young man, marginalized, abandoned for years by his older brother, refuses to sign the licence to dig up.
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- 0h 40m
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- Released
- 20 October 2013
- Original title
- Seul le feu
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- France
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Only the Fire isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 October 2013. (Checked 4 November 2026.)
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Who directed Only the Fire?
Only the Fire (2013) was directed by Christophe Pellet and stars Mireille Perrier, Stanislas Nordey, Françoise Lebrun.