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2015 film by Philippe Ramos

Mad Love
Film poster
Directed by	Philippe Ramos
Written by	Philippe Ramos
Produced by	Paulo Branco
Starring	Melvil Poupaud Dominique Blanc Diane Rouxel
Cinematography	Philippe Ramos
Edited by	Philippe Ramos
Music by	Pierre-Stéphane Meugé
Production companies	Alfama Films Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Distributed by	Alfama Films
Release dates	24 August 2015 (2015-08-24) (Gindou Film Festival) 16 September 2015 (2015-09-16) (France)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Mad Love (original title: Fou d'amour) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Philippe Ramos and starring Melvil Poupaud, Dominique Blanc and Diane Rouxel. It is an adaptation of Ramos' 1996 short film Ici-bas, which was in turn inspired by the Affair of the Uruffe priest in the 1950s. It won the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montreal World Film Festival.

Plot

Set in France in 1959, a man who is convicted of a double murder is guillotined and subsequently the detached head begins to recount the events leading to his death.

Cast

Melvil Poupaud as the Priest
Dominique Blanc as Armance
Diane Rouxel as Rose
Lise Lamétrie as Lisette
Jean-François Stévenin as the Priest of Mantaille
J.P. 'Van Gogh' Bodet as Félix the postman
Jacques Bonnaffé as the great vicar
Virginie Petit as Mademoiselle Desboine
Nathalie Tetrel as Jacqueline the milkmaid
Vanina Delannoy as Solange the cousin
Anaïs Lesoil as Odette

Production

Filming took place during the summer of 2014 in the Ain department, including Champagne-en-Valromey as well as in Belmont-Luthézieu, Virieu-le-Petit, Ceyzérieu, Virignin, Oncieu, Condon, Chanaz.

References

"Mad Love". Cineuropa.
"Montreal reveals 2015 winners". Screendaily.
"Fou d'amour (2015), directed by Philippe Ramos". Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2022.

External links

Official website(in French)
Mad Love at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Philippe Ramos
Feature films	Noah's Ark (2000) Farewell Homeland (2003) Capitaine Achab (2007) The Silence of Joan (2011) Mad Love (2015)
Short films	Capitaine Achab (2004)

v t e Grand Prix des Amériques
1978–2000	Ligabue (1978) 1+1=3 (1979) The Stunt Man / Fontamara (1980) The Chosen (1981) Brimstone and Treacle (1982) The Go Masters (1983) El Norte (1984) Padre nuestro (1985) Betty Blue (1986) Kenny (1987) The Reader (1988) Freedom Is Paradise (1989) Fallen from Heaven (1990) Salmonberries (1991) The Dark Side of the Heart (1992) Betrayal (1993) Once Were Warriors (1994) Georgia (1995) Different for Girls (1996) Children of Heaven (1997) The Quarry / Full Moon (1998) The Color of Paradise (1999) The Taste of Others / Innocence (2000)
2001–present	Baran / Abandoned (2001) The Best Day of My Life (2002) The Cordon (2003) The Syrian Bride (2004) Off Screen (2005) A Long Walk / The Greatest Love of All (2006) Ben X / A Secret (2007) Departures (2008) Korkoro (2009) Oxygen (2010) Come as You Are (2011) Where the Fire Burns (2012) Life Feels Good (2013) Perfect Obedience (2014) Mad Love (2015) The Constitution (2016) And Suddenly the Dawn (2017) Curtiz (2018)

Grand Prix des Amériques

1978–2000

Ligabue (1978)
1+1=3 (1979)
The Stunt Man / Fontamara (1980)
The Chosen (1981)
Brimstone and Treacle (1982)
The Go Masters (1983)
El Norte (1984)
Padre nuestro (1985)
Betty Blue (1986)
Kenny (1987)
The Reader (1988)
Freedom Is Paradise (1989)
Fallen from Heaven (1990)
Salmonberries (1991)
The Dark Side of the Heart (1992)
Betrayal (1993)
Once Were Warriors (1994)
Georgia (1995)
Different for Girls (1996)
Children of Heaven (1997)
The Quarry / Full Moon (1998)
The Color of Paradise (1999)
The Taste of Others / Innocence (2000)

2001–present

Baran / Abandoned (2001)
The Best Day of My Life (2002)
The Cordon (2003)
The Syrian Bride (2004)
Off Screen (2005)
A Long Walk / The Greatest Love of All (2006)
Ben X / A Secret (2007)
Departures (2008)
Korkoro (2009)
Oxygen (2010)
Come as You Are (2011)
Where the Fire Burns (2012)
Life Feels Good (2013)
Perfect Obedience (2014)
Mad Love (2015)
The Constitution (2016)
And Suddenly the Dawn (2017)
Curtiz (2018)

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