FIRE IN PARADISE (LES RAISONS DU COEUR) Official Competition

On her honeymoon cruise, Juliette realizes that her
new husband has married her for her money. Dismayed
and angry, she meets a poor bride-to-be on board the ship.
This young woman is traveling to India to man-y a
missionary she has never met. Juliette feels that her
salvation lies in taking on the young woman’s identity,
and sneaks off the steamer. She believes that she will be
able to re-invent herself, and find her freedom.
Once in India, however, she discovers the harsh
reality of life in the lonely outpost, with a man extremely
different from any she has met before. In addition, the
missionary had hoped to find a pious, severe mate.
Instead, his new bride creates havoc at the remote
mission.
Filmed on location in India, the magnificent imagery
paints an accurate portrait of a time when German and
Swiss businessmen and clergy founded colonies to spread
enlightenment to the darkest comers of the earth. Lonely
for their homeland, many sent for mail order brides, who
would share the burden of this arduous existence.