Mauvais Sang

Mauvais Sang

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1986-11-26
Duration:119 min
Country:France
Director:Leos Carax
Actors:Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Michel Piccoli, Hans Meyer, Julie Delpy
Production:Soprofilms, Les Films Plain Chant, FR3 Films Production

Overview:

Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.

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