Mad Love (2015 film)

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Mad Love
Fou d'amour poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Philippe Ramos
Written byPhilippe Ramos
Produced by Paulo Branco
Starring Melvil Poupaud
Dominique Blanc
Diane Rouxel
CinematographyPhilippe Ramos
Edited byPhilippe Ramos
Music byPierre-Stéphane Meugé
Production
companies
Alfama Films
Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Distributed byAlfama Films
Release dates
  • 24 August 2015 (2015-08-24)(Gindou Film Festival)
  • 16 September 2015 (2015-09-16)(France)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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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Plot

Set 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

Production

Filming 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]

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References

  1. "Mad Love". Cineuropa.
  2. "Montreal reveals 2015 winners". Screendaily.
  3. "Fou d'amour (2015), directed by Philippe Ramos". Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2022.