Mauvais Sang

Mauvais Sang (French pronunciation: [movɛ sɑ̃], Bad Blood), also known as The Night Is Young, is Leos Carax's second film. Released in 1986, the film played at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival^[1] before being nominated for three César Awards and winning the Prix Louis-Delluc. The film sold 504,803 tickets in France.^[2] The title refers to Arthur Rimbaud's poem in A Season in Hell.^[3]

Mauvais Sang
Movie Poster ©AAA Classics 1986
Directed by	Leos Carax
Written by	Leos Carax
Produced by	Denis Chateau Alain Dahan Philippe Diaz
Starring	Michel Piccoli Juliette Binoche Denis Lavant
Cinematography	Jean-Yves Escoffier
Edited by	Nelly Quettier
Music by	Benjamin Britten David Bowie Sergei Prokofiev
Distributed by	AAA Classics
Release date	26 November 1986 (1986-11-26)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Plot

In the Paris of the not-too-distant future, a mysterious sexually transmitted disease called STBO is killing people who have sex without emotional involvement. A serum has been developed, but it is locked away out of the reach of those who need it. An American woman blackmails two aging crooks, Marc and Hans, into stealing it from a pharmaceutical company's offices. Marc recruits Alex, a rebellious teenager whose father worked for him before his death. Alex has a girlfriend, Lise, but falls for Marc's lover, Anna.

Cast

• Michel Piccoli as Marc
• Juliette Binoche as Anna
• Denis Lavant as Alex
• Hans Meyer as Hans
• Julie Delpy as Lise
• Carroll Brooks as The American woman
• Hugo Pratt as Boris
• Mireille Perrier as The young mother
• Serge Reggiani as Charlie
• Jérôme Zucca as Thomas

Production

Julie Delpy has said she came out of filming this movie traumatized: "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."^[4]

Christian Faure was the assistant director of the movie.

The soundtrack includes music by Sergei Prokofiev, Benjamin Britten, and David Bowie.^[5]

Accolades

Year	Association	Award category	Recipient	Result	Ref(s)
1986	Cahiers du Cinéma	Annual Top 10 Lists	Leos Carax	5th place	[6]
	Prix Louis Delluc	Best Film		Won	[7]
1987	Berlin International Film Festival	Alfred Bauer Prize		Won	[7]
		C.I.C.A.E Award		Honoured	[7]
		Golden Bear (Competition)		Nominated	[8]
	César Awards	Best Actress	Juliette Binoche	Nominated	[7]
		Best Promising Actress	Julie Delpy	Nominated	[7]
		Best Cinematography	Jean-Yves Escoffier	Nominated	[7]
1988	Fantasporto	International Fantasy Film Special Jury Award	Leos Carax	Nominated	[9]