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Savage Nights (1992)

Savage Nights poster
Original title
Les Nuits fauves
Directed by
Cyril Collard
Genre
drama film, biographical film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
2h 06m
Rated
15+
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 82 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man navigates his relationships and his HIV diagnosis in 1980s France. He becomes involved with a younger woman and also a Spanish man, all while struggling with his own destructive behavior.

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What happens

Savage Nights (French: Les Nuits fauves) is a 1992 French drama film directed and written by Cyril Collard. It stars Collard, Romane Bohringer, and Carlos López. The film is an adaptation of Collard's semi-autobiographical novel Les Nuits fauves, published in 1989. It won four César Awards, including Best Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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