Directed by:
Philippe RamosScreenplay:
Philippe RamosComposer:
Pierre Stéphane MeugéCast:
Melvil Poupaud, Dominique Blanc, Diane Rouxel, Lise Lamétrie, Jean-François Stévenin, Jacques Bonnaffé, Nathalie Tetrel, Vanina Delannoy, Roger Jacquet (more)Plots(1)
France, 1959. A man is accused of two murders. Found guilty, he is condemned to death. He is guillotined. But his head begins to tell the story of his life. He was a priest. He loved life, he loved women, he loved God and preached every Sunday in his church. A perfect life! An admired priest, a wonderful lover, his earthly paradise seemed neverending... "In my earlier film, Ici-bas, I placed all the anguish of the world on the shoulders of the priest, imbuing the story with a suffocating gravity: the lively and seductive side to the murderer was largely discarded. This left me with a sense of unfinished business. With FOU D'AMOUR, just as a painter repeats his motif in order to explore new aspects, I reworked my 'canvas': this time, the happiness and pleasure would be voluble and would precede the devastating madness. So the film has a lighter, even humorous tone, before the colours change here and there to create a deteriorating atmosphere and a darkening mood, until it all turns black and tragic." -- Philippe Ramos (Montreal World Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Melvil Poupaud
France
Best movies:
Laurence Anyways (2012)
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
A Tale of Summer (1996)
Dominique Blanc
France
Best movies:
L'allée du roi (1996) (series)
May Fools (1990)
Story of Women (1988)
Diane Rouxel
Best movies:
The Wild Boys (2017)
Moka (2016)
A Paris Education (2017)
Lise Lamétrie
France
Best movies:
Romantics Anonymous (2010)
Van Gogh (1991)
Hard Candy (2005)
Jean-François Stévenin
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Day for Night (1973)
Small Change (1976)
Jacques Bonnaffé
France
Best movies:
Who Knows (2001)
The Devils (2002)
Cockles and Muscles (2005)
Vanina Delannoy
Best movies:
La Fille de d'Artagnan (1994)
Passés troubles (2006) (TV movie)
Virus au paradis (2003) (TV movie)
Roger Jacquet
Best movies:
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Le Grand Meaulnes (2006)
Marie-Laure Pinsard
Best movies:
The Silence of Joan (2011)