L'homme blessé (1983)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Patrice Chéreau

Writers:

Hervé Guibert (scenario and dialogue) &
Patrice Chéreau (scenario and dialogue)

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:

Train Station | Obsession | Gay Interest | Older Man Younger Man | Neorealism

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
Hervé Guibert		(scenario and dialogue) &
Patrice Chéreau		(scenario and dialogue)

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

Music Department
Dan Perlman	....	composer: additional music

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

Production Companies

• Gaumont (presents)
• AJO Distribution (presents) (as AJO)
• Partner's Productions (co-production)
• Renn Productions (co-production) (as Renn Production)
• Oliane Productions (co-production) (as Oliane Production)
• Azor Films (co-production)
• France 3 Cinéma (co-production) (as FR3)

Distributors

• Gaumont (1983) (France) (theatrical)
• AJO Distribution (1983) (France) (theatrical)
• Studio Canal (2005) (France) (DVD)
• Promovision International (1985) (USA) (subtitled)

Other Companies

• Éclair  laboratory
• S.I.S.  mixing
• Transpalux  electrical material
• Chevereau  camera equipment provided by
• Aaton  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

The Wounded Man (International: English title)

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | Argentina:18 | France:-12 | Sweden:15

Company:

Gaumont

One of the great unknwowns of Gay cinema

When this showed at the Seattle Int'l Film Fest I was the only person standing and clapping and cheering. The rest of the crowd booed or was silent. It is a well played small film that reaches deep into the reality of a young gay man's humanity. It is about a real man; and does not play to the insipid hyper-buffed muscular "gay paositive" that passes for the genre of non-porn Gay cinema (and that is why so much of contemporary Gay genre movies are so dull). This movie is Intense Passsion and Great Tragedy. The acting and directing and cinematography is fantastic; it all keeps the film clastrophobic and tense and passionate. Don't miss this if you can find it.