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Bad Blood

Original title: Mauvais sang
  • 1986
  • Unrated
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
10K
YOUR RATING
Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant in Bad Blood (1986)
Leos Carax made his international breakthrough with this swoon-inducing portrait of love among thieves. In the near future, an aging crime lord (Michel Piccoli) recruits young delinquent Alex (Denis Lavant) to steal a locked-up serum designed to fight a mysterious STD. When Alex falls for his boss’s girlfriend (a radiant Juliette Binoche), Mauvais Sang becomes something rarer: an ecstatic depiction of what it feels like to be young, restless and madly in love. With its balletic gestures and bold primary colors, much of the film plays as if through the eyes of its lovesick protagonist. And it hinges on one of the most thrilling scenes in modern movies: Lavant sprinting and cartwheeling through the Parisian night to David Bowie’s “Modern Love,” a bundle of desires set briefly and wildly free.
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As a deadly virus which infects people who have loveless sex sweeps Paris, a lonely pariah attempts to steal a potent antidote, only to fall for the mistress of his partner-in-crime. Is the ... Read allAs a deadly virus which infects people who have loveless sex sweeps Paris, a lonely pariah attempts to steal a potent antidote, only to fall for the mistress of his partner-in-crime. Is the infectious young love the cure to the bad blood?As a deadly virus which infects people who have loveless sex sweeps Paris, a lonely pariah attempts to steal a potent antidote, only to fall for the mistress of his partner-in-crime. Is the infectious young love the cure to the bad blood?

  • Director
    • Leos Carax
  • Writer
    • Leos Carax
  • Stars
    • Michel Piccoli
    • Juliette Binoche
    • Denis Lavant
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    10K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Leos Carax
    • Writer
      • Leos Carax
    • Stars
      • Michel Piccoli
      • Juliette Binoche
      • Denis Lavant
    • 31User reviews
    • 65Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Top Cast18

    Michel Piccoli
    Michel Piccoli
    • Marc
    Juliette Binoche
    Juliette Binoche
    • Anna
    Denis Lavant
    Denis Lavant
    • Alex
    Hans Meyer
    Hans Meyer
    • Hans
    Julie Delpy
    Julie Delpy
    • Lise
    Carroll Brooks
    • The American woman
    Hugo Pratt
    • Boris
    Mireille Perrier
    Mireille Perrier
    • The young mother
    Serge Reggiani
    Serge Reggiani
    • Charlie
    Jérôme Zucca
    Jérôme Zucca
    • Thomas
    Paul Handford
    Charles Schmitt
    François Négret
    François Négret
    Philippe Fretun
    Thomas Peckre
    Ralph Brown
    Eric Vasberg
      Leos Carax
      Leos Carax
      • Le voyeur du quartier
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Leos Carax
      • Writer
        • Leos Carax
      • All cast & crew
      • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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      Storyline

      Did you know

      • Trivia
        Julie Delpy says she came out of filming this movie traumatized: "Yes, it was a very difficult shoot. I had a motorcycle accident. In order to make the insurance work, I wasn't taken to the doctor right away. As a result, my leg became gangrenous - one more day and it was amputation. Moreover Leos Carax was not easy. The actress was not easy either. It was a set of things where I was really traumatized when I got out of this movie. It was at the limit where I wondered if I wanted to continue what. It wasn't a pleasant shoot, no", Delpy unveiled without detour, thus engaging in the passage on 'the actress' that was Juliette Binoche.
      • Quotes
        • Alex: I was a frighteningly silent child, apparently. I kept silent... but that's not right. Silence keeps us.
      • Connections
        Featured in À la folie, pas du tout: Episode dated 16 November 1986 (1986)
      • Soundtracks
        Simple Symphony Op. 4 - Variation on a theme of Franck Bridge Op. 10
        Written by Benjamin Britten
        Chandos Records
        ed. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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      Details

      • Release date
        • November 26, 1986 (France)
      • Countries of origin
        • France
        • Switzerland
      • Official sites
        • Juliette Binoche: The Art of Being - Official Fansite
        • Official site (Spain)
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Mauvais Sang
      • Filming locations
        • Rue Emile Richard, Paris 14, Paris, France(crossing the American Lady on the way to the airfield)
      • Production companies
        • Les Films Plain Chant
        • Soprofilms
        • FR3 Films Production
      • See more company credits at IMDbPro

      Box office

      • Gross US & Canada
        • $40,988
      • Opening weekend US & Canada
        • $8,482
        • Dec 1, 2013
      • Gross worldwide
        • $70,105
      See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

      Tech specs

      • Runtime
        • 1h 45m(105 min)
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.66 : 1

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