Les Nuits Fauves (English:
Savage Nights) is a 1992 French drama film
directed and written by Cyril Collard. It stars
Collard, Romane Bohringer and Carlos López. The
film is an adaptation of Collard''s
semi-autobiographical novel Les Nuits Fauves,
published in 1989. It won four César Awards
including Best Film.
Storyline:
Jean is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after
he meets one or two women, including Laura does
he come to realize his bisexuality. Jean has to
overcome a personal crisis (he is HIV-positive)
and a tough choice between Laura and his male
lover Samy.
Reviews:
one
of the greatest experiences of my life
by Eugene Maysky
When I saw it for the first time on 1st Russian
Channel ORT in The Gold Collection I was so
impressed I couldn''t talk about it. This movie
really changed me, changed the way I felt about
myself & the world around. Cyril have done
really great job to help people understand that
there are other colours in this world besides
black & white and sometimes people are learning
a lot even if hurts to live. I remember 2
interesting quotes: the 1st is from Del Amitri
song: "When U driving with your breakes on, when
U swimming with your boots on - it''s really hard
to say U love someone, it''s really hard to say U
don''t." And the 2nd is (somebody wrote once):
everything that doesn''t kill me - makes me
stronger. Unfortunately we can''t use it
literally in this case. But it''s the same
situation with all heroes - they die young &
became famous. Another thing I''d like to say is:
has anyone ever tried to compare Cyril Collard''s
"Les Nuits Fauves" and Gregg Araki''s ''The Living
End"? I mean these 2 pictures are quite
different but I felt both of it are really
personal & chamber. And acting, editing,
directing & filming I think has a lot in common.
But the end in "Les Nuits Fauves" I like more.
And the music is just great. It''s not really
professional but it makes it more touching.
Thank U for reading this comment.
