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Max My Love

Original title: Max mon amour
  • 1986
  • R
  • 1h 32m
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6.0/10
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Max My Love (1986)
Max, Mon Amour: I Need To Know
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A married French woman takes a zoo chimp named Max to be her lover.A married French woman takes a zoo chimp named Max to be her lover.A married French woman takes a zoo chimp named Max to be her lover.

  • Director
    • Nagisa Ôshima
  • Writers
    • Nagisa Ôshima
    • Jean-Claude Carrière
  • Stars
    • Charlotte Rampling
    • Anthony Higgins
    • Victoria Abril
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    1.3K
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    • Director
      • Nagisa Ôshima
    • Writers
      • Nagisa Ôshima
      • Jean-Claude Carrière
    • Stars
      • Charlotte Rampling
      • Anthony Higgins
      • Victoria Abril
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    • 13User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Charlotte Rampling
    Charlotte Rampling
    • Margaret Jones
    Anthony Higgins
    Anthony Higgins
    • Peter Jones
    Victoria Abril
    Victoria Abril
    • Maria
    Anne-Marie Besse
    • Suzanne
    Nicole Calfan
    Nicole Calfan
    • Hélène
    Pierre Étaix
    Pierre Étaix
    • Le détective…
    Bernard Haller
    Bernard Haller
    • Robert
    Sabine Haudepin
    Sabine Haudepin
    • Françoise, la prostituée
    Christopher Hovik
    • Nelson Jones
    Fabrice Luchini
    Fabrice Luchini
    • Nicolas
    Diana Quick
    Diana Quick
    • Camille
    Milena Vukotic
    Milena Vukotic
    • Margaret's Mother
    Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
    Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
    • Archibald
    • (as Bernard Pierre Donnadieu)
    Thomas Austerweil
    Bonnafet Tarbouriech
    Bonnafet Tarbouriech
    • Le vétérinaire
    • (as Pierre Bonnafet)
    Philippe Brigaud
    Philippe Brigaud
    Roselyne Brunet
    Pierre Cheremetieff
      • Director
        • Nagisa Ôshima
      • Writers
        • Nagisa Ôshima
        • Jean-Claude Carrière
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      • Trivia
        Oshima originally intended there to be a scene where Max performs cunnilingus on Margaret, but ultimately decided it would be too risque for French cinema.
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      User reviews13

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      Love and tolorance

      I watched this film as a part of a film class that I take. For the first time I really liked a Oshima film as I watched it and not only after we talked about it. The story crosses all kinds of lines of what love is and how it can be felt by anybody or anything. All and all a good film to see. Note that for 1986 Rick Bakers effects are the most life-like I have seen of a monkey. Sometimes you even think it is a the real thing
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      • Release date
        • October 22, 1986 (France)
      • Countries of origin
        • France
        • United States
      • Languages
        • French
        • English
      • Also known as
        • 馬克斯，我的愛
      • Filming locations
        • Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France(Studio)
      • Production companies
        • Serge Silberman
        • Greenwich Film Productions
        • Greenwich Films
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 32 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.66 : 1

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