L’homme blessé | The Wounded Man
Dirigido por Patrice Chéreau
1 hr 49 mins, France, 1983
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SYNOPSIS
IMDb
A young man discovers his homosexuality and begins a relationship with a manipulative huster/petty criminal that he meets at a train station.
The Wounded Man (Francés: l’Homme blessé) is a 1983 French film dirigido por Patrice Chéreau, and written by him and Hervé Guibert. It stars Jean-Hugues Anglade y Vittorio Mezzogiorno. It won the César Award for Best Writing, and was entered in the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
Wikipedia
The late, great, gay filmmaker Patrice Chéreau’s breakout 1983 film, “The Wounded Man” (aka “L’Homme Blessé”), is not soon forgotten by anyone who sees it. Co-written with the gay writer Hervé Guilbert — they won the Best Original Screenplay César Award — the film is intense and sexy, compelling, but also confusing. At times, the film plays like a silent film. There are many intriguing, elliptical sequences featuring characters wandering around or chasing each other (cruising) that build to a payoff as often as they don’t. But the mysterious, dream-like quality of the film is mesmerizing.
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