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Max My Love (Max mon amour)
| Rating: | R (for some aberrant sexual content) |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Release Date: | April 17, 1988 |
| Running time: | 97 minutes |
| Cast: | Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Anne-Marie Besse, Nicole Calfan |
| Director: | Nagisa Oshima |
| Writer: | Jean-Claude Carriere, Nagisa Oshima |
| Distributor: | Lionsgate |
Description: Fabled Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Oshima was the guiding hand behind the fast-paced French comedy Max, Mon Amour. The Max with whom the elegant Charlotte Rampling falls in love is a circus chimpanzee (played by a short-statured man in a monkey suit). Charlotte's British-ambassador husband Anthony Higgins has long suspected that his wife was cheating on him, but he certainly isn't prepared for her simian paramour. Amazingly, the film never descends into goofiness: Oshima uses his unorthodox plotline to poke holes in the self-protective pretensions of the Bourgeoisie.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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