Mauvais Sang
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Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood), also known as The Night Is Young, is Leos Carax's second film.
In the movie, a sexually transmitted disease called STBO is sweeping the country; it spreads by sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are young people who have sex out of curiosity rather than commitment. A woman hires two men to steal the serum, which has been locked away in a pharmaceutical company's offices.
Plot
In the Paris of the not-too-distant future, a mysterious disease, STBO, is killing people who have sex without emotional involvement. A serum has been developed, but it is locked away out of the reach of those who need it. An American woman blackmails two aging crooks, Marc and Hans, into stealing it. Marc recruits Alex, a rebellious teenager whose father worked for him before his death. Alex has a girlfriend, Lise, but falls for Marc's lover, Anna.
Cast
- Michel Piccoli as Marc
- Juliette Binoche as Anna
- Denis Lavant as Alex
- Hans Meyer as Hans
- Julie Delpy as Lise
- Carroll Brooks as The American woman
- Hugo Pratt as Boris
- Mireille Perrier as The young mother
- Serge Reggiani as Charlie
- Jérôme Zucca as Thomas
