Mauvais Sang (, Bad Blood), also known as The Night Is Young, is Leos Carax's second film. Released in 1986, the film played at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival before being nominated for three César Awards and winning the Prix Louis-Delluc. The film sold 504,803 tickets in France. The title refers to Arthur Rimbaud's poem in A Season in Hell.
Plot In the Paris of the not-too-distant future, a mysterious sexually transmitted disease called STBO is killing people who have sex without emotional involvement. A serum has been developed, but it is locked away out of the reach of those who need it. An American woman blackmails two aging crooks, Marc and Hans, into stealing it from a pharmaceutical company's offices. Marc recruits Alex, a rebellious teenager whose father worked for him before his death. Alex has a girlfriend, Lise, but falls for Marc's lover, Anna.
Cast
Production
Julie Delpy has said she came out of filming traumatized: "It was a very difficult shoot. I had a motorcycle accident. In order to make the insurance work, I wasn't taken to the doctor right away. As a result, my leg became gangrenous—one more day and it was amputation. Moreover Leos Carax was not easy. The actress was not easy either."
Christian Faure was the assistant director of the movie.
The soundtrack includes music by Sergei Prokofiev, Benjamin Britten, and David Bowie.
Accolades Year Association Award category Recipient Result 1986 Cahiers du Cinéma Annual Top 10 ListsLeos Carax Prix Louis Delluc Best Film 1987Berlin International Film Festival Alfred Bauer Prize C.I.C.A.E Award Golden Bear (Competition) César Awards Best Actress Juliette Binoche Best Promising Actress Julie Delpy Best Cinematography Jean-Yves Escoffier 1988 Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Special Jury Award Leos Carax
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