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JAPAN · 1986

Max My Love

Nagisa Oshima
Japanese New Wave infidelity animal-human relationships diplomatic life transgressive sexuality
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Synopsis

The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.

Year1986
CountryJapan
DirectorNagisa Oshima
MovementJapanese New Wave
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