Carnage (2002)

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, Raphaëlle Molinier

6 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julien Lescarret	...	Victor
Ramon Arenillas Llorente	...	Pedro L'Apoderado
Dominique Vache	...	le Peon de Confiance
Michel Malmoustier	...	Le valet d'Epée
Raphaëlle Molinier	...	Winnie
Lucia Sanchez	...	Jeanne
Chiara Mastroianni	...	Carlotta
Stéphane Touitou	...	La Voix d'audition
Armen Godel	...	Le Partenaire de l'audition
Jacques Gamblin	...	Jacques
Sandrine Laroche	...	La Maitresse de Jacques
Rodolfo De Souza	...	Le Journaliste
Ángela Molina	...	Alicia
Begoña Quirós	...	La Jeune Femme de l'Aeroport (as Begona Martinez Cezon 'Quiros')
Jean-Michel Gouffrant	...	Le Medecin Chirurgien

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 | little girl | spanish | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Balthazar Productions [France] Wellspring Media [United States]

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 USA:

$7,139, 7 September 2003, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$2,546,747, 29 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

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Paseillo en La Maestranza
Written by Eloy Garcia Lopez
Performed by Les Diam's

User Reviews

Superb Modern Myth

Formally and in terms of subject matter this movie is a really fine piece of cinema. The music is perfect and its direction and editing have moments of true brilliance. This film explores the events that surround the death of a bull. This film is inspired by the forms and the spiritual intent of ancient myth. The film begins with a bullfighter getting gored in the arena as he kills his first bull. The bull is then processed and divided into its respective products. As the these parts move out into the world they "affect" the lives of the film's characters. The struggles of each individual character seem resonant with the struggle between the bull and his bullfighter. Each story takes on the feel of a fatal dance.

This film is not an attempt to describe the world as it is but rather it is the telling of a story that appeals to our mystical notions of the world. It is a retelling of an ancient myth of replenishment as it relates to modern symbols of grace. Our relationship with the animal master is intact and a covenant still exists between man and beast. It is an understanding that the bull will die and be consumed and that we will kill and reclaim him. It is a pact to participate in the business of life and recognize the inexhaustible source from which all life comes, to which all life goes. This is a great film but modern film goers may need some help with its reference.