Mauvais Sang

Mauvais Sang
Movie Poster ©AAA Classics 1986
Directed by	Leos Carax
Produced by	Denis Chateau Alain Dahan Philippe Diaz
Written by	Léos Carax
Starring	Michel Piccoli Juliette Binoche Denis Lavant
Music by	Benjamin Britten David Bowie Sergei Prokofiev
Cinematography	Jean-Yves Escoffier
Editing by	Nelly Quettier
Distributed by	AAA Classics
Release date(s)	26 November 1986 (1986-11-26)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Mauvais Sang (French pronunciation: [movɛ sɑ̃], Bad Blood) is Leos Carax's second film. Released in 1986, the film played at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival^[1] before being nominated for 3 César Awards and winning Prix Louis Delluc. The film had 504,803 Admissions in France. ^[2]

Plot

In Paris of the not-too-distant future, a mysterious new disease named STBO is killing young people who make love without emotional involvement. A serum has been developed, but it is locked away in an office block, out of the reach of those who need it most. An American woman blackmails two ageing crooks, Marc and Hans, into stealing the STBO serum. Marc recruits Alex, a rebellious teenager whose father worked for him before getting himself killed. Although Alex has a girlfriend, Lise, he end up falling for Marc’s young lover, Anna...

Cast

• Michel Piccoli as Marc
• Juliette Binoche as Anna
• Denis Lavant as Alex
• Hans Meyer as Hans
• Julie Delpy as Lise
• Carroll Brooks as The American woman
• Hugo Pratt as Boris
• Mireille Perrier as The young mother
• Serge Reggiani as Charlie
• Jérôme Zucca as Thomas

Accolades

Berlin Film Festival 1987

• Nominated for Silver Bear Award
• Winner of Alfred Bauer Award
• Winner of C.I.C.A.E. Award

César Awards 1987

• Nominated for Best Actress - Juliette Binoche
• Most Promising Actress - Julie Delpy
• Nominated for Best Cinematography - Jean-Yves Escoffier

References

1. ^ "Berlinale: 1987 Programme". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1987/02_programm_1987/02_Programm_1987.html. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
2. ^ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=6226

External links

• Mauvais Sang at the Internet Movie Database