Max, Mon Amour

Max, Mon Amour
Max, Mon Amour
	French Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nagisa Ōshima
Written by	Nagisa Ōshima; Jean-Claude Carrière;
Produced by	Serge Silberman
Starring	Charlotte Rampling; Anthony Higgins; Victoria Abril;
Cinematography	Raoul Coutard
Edited by
Music by	Michel Portal
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	October 22, 1986 (France); May 23, 1987 (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 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
as Suzanne
Nicole Calfan as Hélène
Pierre Étaix as Le détective / Detective
as Robert
Sabine Haudepin as Françoise, la prostituée
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.^[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)

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