Wild Innocence / The Birth of Love ( Sauvage innocence / La Naissance de l'amour )

Wild Innocence / The Birth of Love (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Sauvage innocence / La Naissance de l'amour
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
210 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1994 - 2009 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Philippe Garrel

Written By:
Marc Cholodenko
Chilique Garrel
Muriel Cerf
Philippe Garrel

Actors:
Mehdi Belhaj Kacem ..... François Mauge
Julia Faure ..... Lucie
Michel Subor ..... Chas
Mathieu Genet ..... Alex
Valérie Kéruzoré ..... Flora
Jean Pommier ..... Hutten
Francine Bergé ..... La mère de Marie-Thérèse
Maurice Garrel ..... Le père de François
Huguette Maillard ..... La belle-mère de François
Jérôme Huguet ..... Augustin
Manuel Flèche ..... Marco, l'assistant
Zsuzsanna Várkonyi ..... Zsazsa
Patricia Couvillers ..... La pharmacienne
Esther Garrel ..... La petite fille
Mireille Roussel ..... La standardiste
Lou Castel ..... Paul
Jean-Pierre Léaud ..... Marcus
Johanna ter Steege ..... Ulrika
Dominique Reymond ..... Hélène
Marie-Paule Laval ..... Fauchon, Paul's wife
Serge Thiriet ..... L'amant d'Hélène
Aurélia Alcaïs ..... La jeune femme
Margi Clarke ..... La femme de Cadix
Max McCarthy ..... Pierre
Georges Lavaudant ..... Film director
Michèle Gleizer ..... La comédienne de 'Cercle de craie Caucasien'
Marie-Armelle Deguy ..... La comédienne de 'Cercle de craie Caucasien'
Bernard Ballet ..... Le comédien de 'Cercle de craie Caucasien'
Pierre Clarard ..... Le comédien de 'Cercle de craie Caucasien'
Bernard Bloch ..... Le douanier
Pierre Martot ..... Jean, Paul's friend
Anne Macina ..... Clara, Paul's friend
Touria Jabrane ..... Une femme arabe
Laurence Girard ..... La pharmacienne
Anne Aor ..... La sage femme
Charlotte Godfroy ..... Judith, Paul's child
Antonin Salsmann ..... Le comédien de 'Cercle de craie Caucasien'

Synopsis:

Sauvage innocence (2001)

A man creating a cautionary tale about drug abuse finds himself and his lover drawn into the deadly web of heroin in this drama. Francois Mauge (Mehdi Behaj Kacem) is a filmmaker who is still dealing with the death of his wife, a well-known model and actress who succumbed to drugs. Determined to make a statement about his loss through his work, Francois decides to direct a film about a woman struggling with addiction called 'Wild Innocence,' and casts an attractive young actress named Lucie (Julia Faure) in the leading role. Francois soon falls for Lucie and they become lovers, but Francois loses financing for his project, and in order to continue filming, he approaches a less-than-scrupulous financier, Chas (Michel Subor), who was friends with Francois' late wife. Chas offers to back the movie, but under one condition -- Francois has to help him smuggle a large quantity of heroin into France. As if this ugly irony were not enough, Lucie develops a curiosity about drugs while researching her role, and tries snorting heroin; before long, she's devolved into a full-blown addict. Philippe Garrel's film was inspired in part by his romance with Nico, the noted model, musician, and actress who herself developed a very serious drug habit during the course of their relationship.

The Birth of Love (1994)

Middle-aged artistes provide the focus of this drama filmed in black and white. The story is set in Paris around the time of the Gulf War. Paul is an actor leading a drab directionless existence. He has an affair with Ulrika, a woman half his age. His wife, with whom he constantly argues, is pregnant with their second child. He does not interact much with his teenage son. Much of the film centers around the emptiness of his life.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 23 July, 2009.

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