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Mauvais sang (1986)

Mauvais sang poster
Original title
Mauvais Sang
Directed by
Leos Carax
Genre
drama film, crime film, romance film, arthouse science fiction film
Country
France, Switzerland
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 282 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man gets involved with a gang to steal a cure for a mysterious disease. He falls for a woman connected to the criminal scheme.

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What happens

Mauvais Sang (French pronunciation: [movɛ sɑ̃], Bad Blood), also known as The Night Is Young, is Leos Carax's second film. Released in 1986, the film played at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival before being nominated for three César Awards and winning the Prix Louis-Delluc. The film sold 504,803 tickets in France. The title refers to Arthur Rimbaud's poem in A Season in Hell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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