Product Details

• Actors: Anthony Higgins, Charlotte Rampling, Victoria Abril, Anne-Marie Basse, Nicole Calfan
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: French, English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 20, 2007
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000VKKV2Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,925 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Max, mon amour" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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4.0 out of 5 stars MONKEY SHINES, October 23, 2011

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Robin Simmons (Palm Springs area, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Max, mon amour (DVD)

This 1986 film co-written and directed by Oshima stars Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins and Victoria Abril. The American poster claims "a love triangle of primate proportions." Is this the greatest ape/human love story since Kong and his American girl friend's tragic tale? Absolutely. But this disturbing romance - if it can be called that and I think it can -- about a British diplomat (Higgins) in France whose wife (Rampling) takes a chimpanzee, Max, for her lover lives up to -- and goes beyond --the not so subtle hype of poster and DVD box. Is this a farce or a satire about how difficult relationships can be? Maybe and maybe not. What it does is present an outrageous situation in the most understated and ordinary terms. I was reminded of the best of Buñuel's works and discovered a writer, producer and an actor were frequent collaborators with the sublime master.