Max, Mon Amour
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.
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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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Plot edit
Peter Jones (Anthony Higgins) a British diplomat in France, suspects his wife Margaret (Charlotte Rampling) of having an affair. He hires a private detective, who reports that Margaret has rented an apartment. It then turns out that her live-in lover is a pet chimpanzee she calls Max.
Cast edit
- 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 edit
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 edit
The film was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
References edit
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Max, Mon Amour". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
External links edit
- Max, Mon Amour at IMDb
- Max, Mon Amour at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Max, Mon Amour at Rotten Tomatoes