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Max, mon amour

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Original title

Max, mon amour

Year

1986

Running time

94 min.

Country

France

Director

Nagisa Ôshima

Screenwriter

Jean-Claude Carrière, Nagisa Ôshima

Cast

Music

Michel Portal

Cinematography

Raoul Coutard

Producer

Greenwich Film Productions, Films A2

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Apes

Synopsis

Reserved and cool, Margaret is the French wife of Peter, a British diplomat posted to France with their son Nelson. She takes a lover, a chimpanzee she bought from a zoo and installed in a flat. Peter asks that she bring the chimp, Max, to live with them. He obsesses about Margaret and Max's relationship, hiring a prostitute so he can watch Max perform (Max declines) and peering through the keyhole as Margaret and Max sleep. He tries to kill Max, then finally accepts the ape's presence. When she is called away to her ill mother's bedside, Max stops eating. Worried, Peter takes Max and Nelson to the countryside so Max can be with Margaret; once there, Nature beckons. Is Max lost?

Awards: 1986: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)

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Max, mon amour

1986

Nagisa Ôshima

4.6

(322)