Max, Mon Amour

Max, Mon Amour
French Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nagisa Ōshima
Written by	Nagisa Ōshima Jean-Claude Carrière
Produced by	Serge Silberman
Starring	Charlotte Rampling Anthony Higgins Victoria Abril
Cinematography	Raoul Coutard
Edited by	Hélène Plemiannikov
Music by	Michel Portal
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	October 22, 1986 (1986-10-22) (France) May 23, 1987 (1987-05-23) (Japan)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	France United States Japan
Languages	French English

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.

Plot

Peter Jones (Anthony Higgins) a British diplomat in France, suspects his wife Margaret (Charlotte Rampling) of having an affair. He hires a private detective, who reports that Margaret has rented an apartment. It then turns out that her live-in lover is a pet chimpanzee she calls Max.

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 Carrière, 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.

External links

• Max, Mon Amour at IMDb
• Max, Mon Amour at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
• Max, Mon Amour at Rotten Tomatoes