Homme blessé, L' (1983)

Director:

Patrice Chéreau

Writers:

Patrice Chéreau (writer)
Hervé Guibert (writer)

Release Date:

11 January 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

A young man discovers his homosexuality and begins a relationship with a manipulative huster/petty criminal that he meets at a train station. |

Plot Keywords:

Homosexual | Neorealism | Teen | Gay Bashing | Gay Interest

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Jean-Hugues Anglade	...	Henri
Vittorio Mezzogiorno	...	Jean Lerman
Roland Bertin	...	Bosmans
Lisa Kreuzer	...	Elisabeth
Claude Berri	...	Le client
Hammou Graïa	...	Le jeune homme de la gare
Gérard Desarthe	...	L'homme qui pleure
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Le père
Annick Alane	...	La mère
Sophie Edmond	...	La soeur
Maria Verdi
Suzanne Chavance
Roland Chalosse
Eddy Roos
Charly Chemouny
Patrice Finet
Daniel Geiger
Roland Vargoz
Denis Lavant
Françoise Maimône
Laurent de Berward
Franck Coquet
Philippe Allaire

Directed by
Patrice Chéreau

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Patrice Chéreau		writer
Hervé Guibert		writer

Produced by
Claude Berri	....	producer
Marie-Laure Reyre	....	producer
Ariel Zeitoun	....	producer

Original Music by
Fiorenzo Carpi

Cinematography by
Renato Berta

Film Editing by
Denise de Casabianca

Production Design by
Richard Peduzzi

Costume Design by
Caroline de Vivaise

Production Management
Armand Barbault	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ronald Chammah	....	assistant director (as Ronald Ariel Chammah)
Serge Meynard	....	assistant director
Pierre Romans	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Michel Vionnet	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Christian Weyers	....	gaffer

Other crew
Gérard Depardieu	....	voice dubbing: Jean Lerman
Yann Nerot	....	administrator
Yann Nerot	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Ajo
• Azor Films
• France 3 Cinéma
• Oliane Productions
• Partner's Productions
• Renn Productions
• Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont

Distributors

• Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont (1983) (France) (theatrical)
• Studio Canal (2005) (France) (DVD)
• AJO Distribution (1983) (France)
• Promovision International (1985) (USA) (subtitled)

Also Known As:

The Wounded Man

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-12 | Sweden:15

Company:

Ajo

best depiction of gay outrageous passion made

You've got to think along the lines of Last Tango in Paris for this one because the mood and emotion runs along the same lines and maintains the same heights - the difference being that in this exceptional, intense and torrid depiction of love among the ruins of a Dostoyevskyian dispossessed the setting is a gay-subcultural milieu - perhaps even one that is set to vanish in time, and not the equally arresting but heterosexual context of Bertolucci's own film.

The last third of this film depicts a passionate love never seen in gay cinema. To talk of pornography or gay self-effacement misses the point and intelligence of this work. This film, though on first impression appears to take us into the familiar & often depicted underworld of gay street-life, then precedes to subvert the rules of this genre by exaggerating it to a super-real degree. The result is a hyper-charged emotional heightening - an exceptional strategy that elevates the drama to one of big universal themes and giant gestures.

This film snatches the high ground because of the brilliant performances by it's actors, notably a young Jean Hugues Anglade and the directing. A tour- De -force of cinema. Outstanding in ambition and it's unceasing plummet into the depths of human emotion. As a contribution to gay cinema, this film conquers this difficult ground and makes it it's own triumph.