MAX MON AMOUR
With the collaboration of Jean-Claude
Carrière, the famous screenwriter who
debuted with Buñuel, this is the surreal
story of Peter and Margaret (a luminous
Charlotte Rampling), who live in Paris
in diplomatic circles. The man discovers
that his wife is in love with
a chimpanzee called Max. The woman
ends up bringing the animal home,
sparking serious family problems
Biography
film director
Nagisa Oshima
Nagisa Ōshima (Tamano, Japan, 1931 - Fujisawa, Japan, 2013) is considered one of the maestros of Japanese cinema. An exponent of “nuberu bagu,” his films depict the contradictions of Japanese society since WWII, in which growing materialism is flanked by strict observance of centuries-old rules, generating oxymorons and irresolvable conflicts. His most important films include Cruel Story (1960); The Sun’s Burial (1960); Night and Fog in Japan (1960); The Ceremony (1971); In the Realm of the Senses (1976), a true sensation because of its explicit sexual content; Empire of Passion (1978), which won Best Director at Cannes; and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (1983), which received a BAFTA for Best Score. His final film was Taboo (1999), presented in competition at Cannes. In 2009, the Torino Film Festival dedicated a complete retrospective to him.
FILMOGRAFIA
Seishun zankoku monogatari (Racconto crudele della giovinezza, 1960), Taiyō no hakaba (Il cimitero del sole, 1960), Nihon no yoru to kiri (Notte e nebbia in Giappone, 1960), Etsuraku (Il godimento, 1965), Muri shinju: Nihon no natsu (Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, 1967), Koshikei (Death by Hanging, 1968), Gishiki (La cerimonia, 1971), Ai no korīda (Ecco l’impero dei sensi, 1976), Ai no bōrei (L’impero della passione, 1978), Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Furyo, 1983), Max mon amour (Max amore mio, 1986), Gohatto (Tabù - Gohatto, 1999).
Cast
& Credits
Nagisa Oshima
soggetto/story
Jean-Claude Carrière
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Nagisa Oshima,
Jean-Claude Carrière
fotografia/cinematography
Raoul Coutard
montaggio/film editing
Hélène Plemiannikov
costumi/costume design
Sylvia Panigel
musica/music
Michel Portal
suono/sound
Jean-Philippe Le Roux
interpreti e personaggi/
cast and characters
Charlotte Rampling
(Margaret Jones), Anthony
Higgins (Peter Jones),
Victoria Abril (Maria),
Anne-Marie Besse
(Suzanne),
Nicole Calfan (Hélène)
produttore/producer
Serge Silberman
produzione/production
Greenwich Film
Productions, Greenwich
Films, Films A2