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A ghost falls for someone who remembers him alive — death is just the beginning.
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Burning Ghost (2019)

hauntingly tenderdreamlike Parismelancholic magic

Overview

FantasyDramaRomance

Juste wanders the streets of Paris looking for people only he can see. He collects their last memory before helping them into the afterlife. One day Agathe, a young woman, recognizes him. She belongs to his previous life. She is alive and he is a ghost. How will they manage to love each other and seize this second chance?

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Content warning
memory and identitysecond chancesthe limbo between life and deathlove transcending mortality

Standout Aspects

Cinematography

Paris glows like a half-remembered dream; every frame aches with longing.

Acting

Robart's stillness speaks volumes — a ghost trying to feel human again.

Direction

Batut treats the supernatural as utterly mundane, which makes it devastating.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you want to feel something quietly devastating.·Date Night: If your date cried at Portrait of a Lady on Fire.·Streaming: Small screen, headphones, zero interruptions required.
Heads up:Emotional: Grief, loss of self, and love that may be impossible.·Triggers: Themes of death, dying, and existential disappearance.
Stéphane Batut

Director

Stéphane Batut

ReleasedAug 28, 2019
Runtime1h 47m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelheavy
CNC
Zadig Productions

Top Cast

Thimotée Robart

Thimotée Robart

Juste

Judith Chemla

Judith Chemla

Agathe

Saadia Bentaïeb

Saadia Bentaïeb

Kramarz

Cecilia Mangini

Cecilia Mangini

La nonna

Bernard Mazzinghi

Bernard Mazzinghi

L'homme au scooter

Frédéric Bonpart

Frédéric Bonpart

Le policier

Antoine Chappey

Antoine Chappey

Le père de Juste

Jacques Nolot

Jacques Nolot

Le vieux fantôme

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Cultural

Director Stéphane Batut comes from documentary; this was his fiction debut, explaining the observational, unhurried rhythm.

Insight

Juste's 'collection' of last memories mirrors how cinema itself preserves dying moments — the film is meta-mourning.

YouTube

Burning Ghost / Vif-argent (2019) - Trailer (English Subs)

Burning Ghost / Vif-argent (2019) - Trailer (English Subs)

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