Mauvais Sang
| Mauvais Sang | |
|---|---|
 Movie Poster ©AAA Classics 1986 | |
| Directed by | Leos Carax |
| Written by | Leos Carax |
| Produced by | Denis Chateau Alain Dahan Philippe Diaz |
| Starring | Michel Piccoli Juliette Binoche Denis Lavant |
| Cinematography | Jean-Yves Escoffier |
| Edited by | Nelly Quettier |
| Music by | Benjamin Britten David Bowie Sergei Prokofiev |
| Distributed by | AAA Classics |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Mauvais Sang (French pronunciation: [movɛ sɑ̃], Bad Blood), also known as The Night Is Young, is Leos Carax's second film. Released in 1986, the film played at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival[1] before being nominated for three César Awards and winning the Prix Louis-Delluc. The film had 504,803 admissions in France.[2] The title refers to the eponymous poem by Arthur Rimbaud in A Season in Hell.[3].
In the movie, a sexually transmitted disease called STBO is sweeping the country; it’s spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment. A woman hires two men to steal the serum, which has been locked away in an inaccessible government building.
Plot
In the Paris of the not-too-distant future, a mysterious disease named STBO is killing people who make love without emotional involvement. A serum has been developed, but it is locked away out of the reach of those who need it. An American woman blackmails two aging crooks, Marc and Hans, into stealing it. Marc recruits Alex, a rebellious teenager whose father worked for him before getting himself killed. Although Alex has a girlfriend, Lise, he ends up falling for Marc's young lover, Anna.
Cast
- Michel Piccoli as Marc
- Juliette Binoche as Anna
- Denis Lavant as Alex
- Hans Meyer as Hans
- Julie Delpy as Lise
- Carroll Brooks as The American woman
- Hugo Pratt as Boris
- Mireille Perrier as The young mother
- Serge Reggiani as Charlie
- Jérôme Zucca as Thomas
Accolades
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- Berlin Film Festival 1987
- Nominated for Silver Bear Award
- Winner of Alfred Bauer Prize
- Winner of C.I.C.A.E. Award
- César Awards 1987
- Nominated for Best Actress - Juliette Binoche
- Most Promising Actress - Julie Delpy
- Nominated for Best Cinematography - Jean-Yves Escoffier
- Louis Delluc Prize 1986
- Best Film
Production
Christian Faure was the assistant director of the movie.
References
- ^ "Berlinale: 1987 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ^ "Mauvais sang (1986)- JPBox-Office". Jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Mauvais sang - Premiers Plans - Angers festival 2013". Premiersplans.org. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
External links
- Mauvais Sang at IMDb
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