Underplayed Gems

The Wounded Man (1983)

The Wounded Man poster
Original title
L'Homme blessé
Directed by
Patrice Chéreau
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 49m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A lonely young man becomes obsessed with a mysterious older man he meets at a train station. Their relationship draws him into a world of desire and danger.

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What happens

The Wounded Man (French: L'Homme blessé) is a 1983 French erotic drama film directed by Patrice Chéreau, and written by him and Hervé Guibert. It stars Jean-Hugues Anglade and Vittorio Mezzogiorno. It won the César Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was entered in the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. The film was initially inspired by Jean Genet's autobiographical novel The Thief's Journal, but kept only the basic idea of a gay relationship with an age gap. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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