Carnage (2002)
"Carnages" (original title)

After a bull dies in an arena, its remains are transported throughout Belgium, France, and Spain, where various characters cross its path.

Director:

Delphine Gleize

Writer:

Delphine Gleize

Stars:

Chiara Mastroianni, Ángela Molina, Jacques Gamblin

5 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Chiara Mastroianni	...	Carlotta
Ángela Molina	...	Alicia
Lio	...	Betty
Lucia Sanchez	...	Jeanne
Esther Gorintin	...	Rosie
Maryline Even	...	Lucie
Clovis Cornillac	...	Alexis
Jacques Gamblin	...	Jacques
Féodor Atkine	...	Paco
Bernard Sens	...	Luc
Pascal Bongard	...	Henri
Raphaëlle Molinier	...	Winnie
Julien Lescarret	...	Victor
Juliette Noureddine	...	Monica
Luc Delhumeau	...	The Deaf Man

Storyline

After a bull is killed in a bullfight, its body parts are transported across Spain, France, Italy and Belgium. The bull's parts fall into the wide variety of people, including: an Italian actress selling the bones in a supermarket promotion, a Spanish woman who dines on its steaks, a little girl in France who imagines a world where animals are much larger than humans, and a taxidermist whose wife is simultaneously giving birth to quintuplets.

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Plot Keywords:

bull | belgium | spain | bone | steak | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Balthazar Productions[fr] Wellspring Media [us]

Country:

France Belgium Spain Switzerland

Language:

French Spanish Italian Polish

Release Date:

13 November 2002 (France)

Also Known As:

Carnage

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$7,139 (USA) (5 September 2003)

Gross:

$2,546,747 (USA) (27 April 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Balthazar Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Need Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Intriguing, well-made and sometimes funny

A movie about various characters in three countries and a dead bull? This could easily be one of those tedious, plotless, arty French films I hate so much. In fact, it isn't. Carnages is an intriguing, well-made and sometimes funny movie, well worth seeing. The storyline centres around the remains of a dead bull, that one way or another turn up in the lives of the main characters, sometimes with dramatic consequences. This alone makes pleasant viewing for superficial moviegoers, but behind the main storyline are many layers the director invites us to explore. One of them is the parent-child relationship. One of the first scenes shows a bullfighter talking about his father, the movie ends with two brothers reunited with their long-lost father. One of them is father of quintuplets, the other lives with his mother. Another theme is the life-death contrast, and no doubt there are others I didn't discover. Feel free to do so yourself. Despite these themes and the various interwoven storylines, the movie isn't hard to view. There are many little jokes and funny situations. When one of the main characters orders eight pizza's for three people, this seems ridiculous. Only later the viewer realizes his pregnant wife was expecting quintuplets at that moment. What makes the movie even more enjoyable are the beautiful shots and the outstanding acting. In this film a shot of a little girl watching a bullfight on TV is an exciting scene. That's a difficult job to accomplish.