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 |
| Produced by | Serge Silberman |
| Written by | Nagisa Ōshima Jean-Claude Carrière |
| Starring | Charlotte Rampling Anthony Higgins Victoria Abril |
| Music by | Michel Portal |
| Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
| Edited by | Hélène Plemiannikov |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | France United States Japan |
| Language | French English |
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.[1]
References
- "Festival de Cannes: Max, Mon Amour". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-11.