Max, Mon Amour

Max, Mon Amour
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nagisa Oshima
Written by	Nagisa Oshima Jean-Claude Carrière
Produced by	Serge Silberman
Starring	Charlotte Rampling Anthony Higgins Victoria Abril
Cinematography	Raoul Coutard
Edited by	Hélène Plemiannikov
Music by	Michel Portal
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	May 23, 1987 (1987-05-23) (Japan)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	France United States Japan
Languages	French English

Max, Mon Amour a.k.a. Max, My Love is a 1986 film directed by Nagisa Oshima, starring Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Pierre Étaix and Milena Vukotic. The screenplay was written by Oshima and Jean-Claude Carrière, and the film was produced by Serge Silberman.

Plot

Billed on the DVD cover as "the greatest ape romance since King Kong", Max, My Love is the story of a British diplomat in France, Peter Jones (Anthony Higgins), whose wife Margaret (Charlotte Rampling) takes a chimpanzee, Max, 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 Carriere, 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.

External links

• Max, Mon Amour at IMDb
• Max, Mon Amour at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)