Carne (1991 film)
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Carne is a 1991 French drama film written and directed by Gaspar Noé, starring Philippe Nahon and Blandine Lenoir. It tells the story of a horse butcher with a mute daughter. At a running time of 40 minutes, it was the first longer film directed by Noé. The narrative was continued in Noé's 1998 full-length debut, I Stand Alone.
Plot
A nameless horse butcher, whose wife left him soon after their mute daughter was born, operates his own business while trying to raise the daughter. Despite the fact that she has become a teenager, the butcher continues to wash her like a baby, and struggles to resist the temptation of committing incest. On the day of the daughter's menstruation, the butcher misinterprets the situation and assumes that she has been raped by a worker, whom he immediately seeks out. However he ends up stabbing an inoccent worker in the mouth and crippling him. The butcher is imprisoned for the assault and is forced to sell his butcher shop and apartment. After he leaves prison (having sexual relations with his cell mate, Gerard), he is unable to meet his daughter, who has ended up in a mental hospital, and is forced to work for a woman who runs a cafeteria. He and the cafeteria owner end up in a relationship that he hates, and she ends up pregnant. He meets his daughter in the mental hospital, and leaves, frustrated with his life and how it has turned out.
Cast
- Philippe Nahon as The Butcher
- Blandine Lenoir as The Butcher's Daughter
- Frankye Pain as The Butcher's Mistress
- Hélène Testud as The Maid
