''Max, Mon Amour'' ''Max, My Love'' is a 1986 film directed by

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, starring

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, Anthony Higgins,

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and Milena Vukotic. The screenplay was written by Ōshima and

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, and the film was produced by

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Plot

The movie follows the story of a British

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in France whose wife takes a chimpanzee for her lover.

Cast

as Margaret Jones * Anthony Higgins as Peter Jones *

as Maria *

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as Suzanne *

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as Hélène *

as Le détective / Detective * Bernard Haller as Robert *

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as Françoise, la prostituée * Christopher Hovik as Nelson Jones *

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as Nicolas *

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as Camille * Milena Vukotic as Margaret's Mother *

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as Archibald (as Bernard Pierre Donnadieu) *

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as Max (uncredited)

Production

Co-writer Carriere, producer Silberman and actor Vukotic were all frequent collaborators with

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, 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.

References

External links

* * * 1986 films Films about apes Films directed by Nagisa Ōshima 1980s French-language films French satirical films Japanese satirical films Zoophilia in culture Films produced by Serge Silberman Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière English-language French films 1980s French films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-France-film-stub