Mauvais Sang is Leos Carax

Leos Carax

Leos Carax is a French-born film director, critic, and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was Boy Meets Girl , and his notable works include Lovers on the Bridge and the controversial Pola X...

's second film. Released in 1986, the film played at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival

37th Berlin International Film Festival

The 37th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February to 3 March 1987.-Jury:* Klaus Maria Brandauer * Juliet Berto* Kathleen Carroll* Callisto Cosulich* Victor Dyomin* Reinhard Hauff* Edmund Luft* Jiří Menzel...

 before being nominated for 3 César Awards and winning Prix Louis Delluc

Louis Delluc

Louis Delluc was a French film director, screen writer and film critic, many of whose late 1910s film writings for French newspapers were collected in the volume Cinema et cie...

. The film had 504,803 Admissions in France.

Plot

In Paris of the not-too-distant future, a mysterious new disease named STBO is killing young people who make love without emotional involvement. A serum has been developed, but it is locked away in an office block, out of the reach of those who need it most. An American woman blackmails two ageing crooks, Marc and Hans, into stealing the STBO serum. Marc recruits Alex, a rebellious teenager whose father worked for him before getting himself killed. Although Alex has a girlfriend, Lise, he end up falling for Marc’s young lover, Anna...

Cast

• Michel Piccoli as Marc
• Juliette Binoche
  Juliette Binoche
  Juliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...
  
   as Anna
• Denis Lavant
  Denis Lavant
  Denis Lavant is a French film actor known for his distinctive face and the physically demanding aspects of the roles he plays, which often involve slapstick, acrobatics or dance, as well as for his long-standing association with director Leos Carax...
  
   as Alex
• Hans Meyer
  Hans Meyer
  Hans Meyer may refer to:*Hans Meyer , a South African actor, see Red Sonja *Hans Meyer , German geologist*Hans Meyer , German football manager and former player...
  
   as Hans
• Julie Delpy
  Julie Delpy
  Julie Delpy is a French-American actress, director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than 30 films, including Europa Europa , The Voyager , Three Colors: White , Before Sunrise...
  
   as Lise
• Carroll Brooks as The American woman
• Hugo Pratt
  Hugo Pratt
  Hugo Eugenio Pratt was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as Corto Maltese...
  
   as Boris
• Mireille Perrier
  Mireille Perrier
  Mireille Perrier is a French actress. Her first starring role was in Leos Carax's Boy Meets Girl in 1983. Since then, Perrier has had major roles in other films such as Un monde sans pitié, Netchaïev est de retour, Toto le Héros, À vendre, Le Comptoir, Un dérangement considérable and...
  
   as The young mother
• Serge Reggiani
  Serge Reggiani
  Serge Reggiani was an Italian-born French singer and actor. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight...
  
   as Charlie
• Jérôme Zucca as Thomas

Accolades

Berlin Film Festival

37th Berlin International Film Festival

The 37th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February to 3 March 1987.-Jury:* Klaus Maria Brandauer * Juliet Berto* Kathleen Carroll* Callisto Cosulich* Victor Dyomin* Reinhard Hauff* Edmund Luft* Jiří Menzel...

 1987

• Nominated for Silver Bear Award
• Winner of Alfred Bauer Award
• Winner of C.I.C.A.E. Award

César Awards 1987

• Nominated for Best Actress - Juliette Binoche
• Most Promising Actress - Julie Delpy
• Nominated for Best Cinematography - Jean-Yves Escoffier