L'Amour braque
The Garden Cinema39-41 Parker Street, London
Today · 20:30 · £15
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Screenings of L’Amour braque will feature a video introduction from writer and film historian, Samm Deighan. Intended as a homage to Fyodor Dostoyevsky and loosely based on his novel The Idiot , Żuławski’s L’Amour braque is the story of a bloody vendetta, of bonds between two men from opposite backgrounds, and a violent love triangle. After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Marie from rival gangsters. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neurotic dreamer whom he considers an idiot. Leon can hardly understand what Micky is up to but he follows him everywhere and soon falls in love with Marie. Żuławski’s postmodern adaptation is presented with an intense sense of visual style suggestive of the hyper-realistic and chaotic world of bande dessinée. Abundant with images of hysteria from start to finish, the screen is filled with outbursts of energy and violence whereby performances are choreographed into a perverse, bloody ballet. Cast: Sophie Marceau, Francis Huster, Tchéky Karyo
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