Mad Love (original title: Fou d'amour) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Philippe Ramos and starring Melvil Poupaud, Dominique Blanc and Diane Rouxel. It is an adaptation of Ramos' 1996 short film Ici-bas, which was in turn inspired by the Affair of the Uruffe priest in the 1950s.[1] It won the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montreal World Film Festival.[2]
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Directed by | Philippe Ramos |
Written by | Philippe Ramos |
Produced by | Paulo Branco |
Starring | Melvil Poupaud Dominique Blanc Diane Rouxel |
Cinematography | Philippe Ramos |
Edited by | Philippe Ramos |
Music by | Pierre-Stéphane Meugé |
Production companies | Alfama Films Rhône-Alpes Cinéma |
Distributed by | Alfama Films |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Plot
editSet in France in 1959, a man who is convicted of a double murder is guillotined and subsequently the detached head begins to recount the events leading to his death.
Cast
edit- Melvil Poupaud as the Priest
- Dominique Blanc as Armance
- Diane Rouxel as Rose
- Lise Lamétrie as Lisette
- Jean-François Stévenin as the Priest of Mantaille
- J.P. 'Van Gogh' Bodet as Félix the postman
- Jacques Bonnaffé as the great vicar
- Virginie Petit as Mademoiselle Desboine
- Nathalie Tetrel as Jacqueline the milkmaid
- Vanina Delannoy as Solange the cousin
- Anaïs Lesoil as Odette
Production
editFilming took place during the summer of 2014 in the Ain department, including Champagne-en-Valromey as well as in Belmont-Luthézieu, Virieu-le-Petit, Ceyzérieu, Virignin, Oncieu, Condon, Chanaz.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Mad Love". Cineuropa.
- ^ "Montreal reveals 2015 winners". Screendaily.
- ^ "Fou d'amour (2015), directed by Philippe Ramos". Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
External links
edit- Official website(in French)
- Mad Love at IMDb