Max, Mon Amour
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Directed by | Nagisa Ōshima |
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Produced by | Serge Silberman |
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Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
Edited by | Hélène Plemiannikov |
Music by | Michel Portal |
Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
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Max, Mon Amour a.k.a. Max, My Love is a 1986 film directed by Nagisa Ōshima, starring Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Pierre Étaix and Milena Vukotic. The screenplay was written by Ōshima and Jean-Claude Carrière, and the film was produced by Serge Silberman.
Plot
The movie follows the story of a British diplomat in France whose wife takes a chimpanzee for her lover.
Cast
- Charlotte Rampling as Margaret Jones
- Anthony Higgins as Peter Jones
- Victoria Abril as Maria
- Anne-Marie Besse as Suzanne
- Nicole Calfan as Hélène
- Pierre Étaix as Le détective / Detective
- Bernard Haller as Robert
- Sabine Haudepin as Françoise, la prostituée
- Christopher Hovik as Nelson Jones
- Fabrice Luchini as Nicolas
- Diana Quick as Camille
- Milena Vukotic as Margaret's Mother
- Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu as Archibald (as Bernard Pierre Donnadieu)
- Ailsa Berk as Max (uncredited)
Production
Co-writer Carrière, producer Silberman and actor Vukotic were all frequent collaborators with Luis Buñuel, and the film resembles his work in its understated, unsensational treatment of frequently outrageous events.
Release
The film was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Max, Mon Amour". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
External links
- Max, Mon Amour at IMDb
- Max, Mon Amour at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Max, Mon Amour at Rotten Tomatoes
Categories:
- 1986 films
- Films about apes
- Films directed by Nagisa Ōshima
- 1980s French-language films
- French satirical films
- Japanese satirical films
- Zoophilia in culture
- Films produced by Serge Silberman
- Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière
- English-language French films
- 1980s French films
- 1980s Japanese films
- 1980s French film stubs