Les nuits fauves (1992)

Director:

Cyril Collard

Writers:

Cyril Collard (writer)
Jacques Fieschi (adaptation)

Release Date:

25 February 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot:

Jean is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after he meets one or two women, including Laura does he come to realize his bisexuality...

Plot Keywords:

Gay | Love | Bisexual | Drug Abuse | Unsafe Sex

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Cyril Collard	...	Jean
Romane Bohringer	...	Laura
Carlos López	...	Samy
Corine Blue	...	Laura's Mother
Claude Winter	...	Jean's Mother
René-Marc Bini	...	Marc
Maria Schneider	...	Noria
Clémentine Célarié	...	Marianne
Laura Favali	...	Karine
Denis D'Arcangelo	...	Singer
Jean-Jacques Jauffret	...	Pierre Olivier
Aïssa Djabri	...	Kader
Francisco Giménez	...	Paco
Marine Delterme	...	Sylvie
Yannick Tolila	...	Nurse

Also Known As:

Notti selvagge (Italy)
Savage Nights

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

UK | Italy | France

Language:

French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Australia:R | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | France:-12

Filming Locations:

Cabo Espichel, Sesimbra, Setúbal, Portugal

Company:

Banfilm

Trivia:

The first film to win Best Film and Best First Film at the French equivalent of the Oscars, the Cesars. Unfortunately the film's director, Cyril Collard, didn't live to see his double win, succumbing to AIDS three days before the ceremony.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Sal de Prata (2005)

Masterpiece

I should probably take back the word masterpiece since Cyril Collard's directorial debut was actually his only film. The director, writer and main character of the film died just three days before his film swept the Caesars(the Oscar's french counterpart). Collard died of AIDS and brought to life one of the most compelling films surrounding this theme. It is not just people whining because of the departure of the beloved one but a tour de force involving hatred, passion, self destruction, and all those "nice" feelings that accompany a person who knows that he will die sooner than the rest, and culminating in spiritual redemption. This film also portrays one of the finest love triangles on film; the at times sickening at times profoundly erotic and at times inevitably cathartic relationship between Jean and his two lovers is a genius example that love is not "Sleepless in Seattle". Romane Bohringer(probably best known for her character as Verlaine's wife in Total Eclipse) is a must see in her breakthrough performance as a confused and VERY passionate young girl.