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Mauvais Sang (1986)

November 26, 1986 (FR) Drama, Romance, Crime • 119m

Overview

Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.

Director

Leos Carax

Writer

Leos Carax

Top Billed

Juliette Binoche

Keywords

Top Billed Cast

Crew
Denis Chateau
Denis Chateau

Executive Producer

Philippe Diaz
Philippe Diaz

Executive Producer

Jean-Yves Escoffier
Jean-Yves Escoffier

Director of Photography

Jacques Dubus
Jacques Dubus

Production Design

Thomas Peckre
Thomas Peckre

Production Design

Michel Vandestien
Michel Vandestien

Production Design

Bernard Léonard
Bernard Léonard

Set Decoration

Dominique Gregogna
Dominique Gregogna

Costume Design

Martine Métert
Martine Métert

Costume Design

Robert Nardone
Robert Nardone

Costume Design

Chantal Houdoy
Chantal Houdoy

Makeup Artist

Ariel Sctrick
Ariel Sctrick

Assistant Director

Christian Faure
Christian Faure

Assistant Director

Zazie Carcedo
Zazie Carcedo

Assistant Director

Julien Cloquet
Julien Cloquet

Sound Engineer

Claude Hivernon
Claude Hivernon

Sound Designer

Harrik Maury
Harrik Maury

Sound Designer

Henri Morelle
Henri Morelle

Sound Designer

Joël Riant
Joël Riant

Sound Designer



Reviews

Walruse

⭐ 8/10

January 7, 2018

Mauvais Sang is at core a crime movie, but the crime serves only as a skeleton. The flesh is the passion of unrequited love and the cerebral processing of the same. Lise loves Alex who loves Anna that loves Mark. Mark, on the other hand, is afraid of The American Woman who was once lovers with Alex father and who will kill him unless he pays the debts of himself and his companions within two weeks. In the nerve system is the libido at hold as a s… read the rest.

griggs79

⭐ 7/10

March 26, 2025

_Mauvais Sang_ made me feel cooler just for watching it—like I’d chain-smoked a Gauloises in a neon-lit alley while reciting poetry to nobody in particular. It’s moody, stylish, and occasionally baffling, but there’s real heart pulsing beneath all that noir-drenched angst. I loved Juliette Binoche smouldering on screen, and Julie Delpy has that effortlessly aloof charm that just works. And Dennis Lavant—my god, the man dances. That scene? Electri… read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Budget

Revenue

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