Milou en mai (1990)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.3/10   

Réalisateur:

Louis Malle

Writers:

Louis Malle (scenario) &
Jean-Claude Carrière (scenario)

Release Date:

juillet 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie

Plot:

Like Vanya, in Malle's last film, Milou never left the family estate. His mother dies during the May 1968 student uprising in Paris...

Plot Keywords:

1968 | Countryside | May 1968 | Ensemble Film | Nudity

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

May Wine

Ensemble

Miou-Miou	...	Camille
Michel Piccoli	...	Milou
Michel Duchaussoy	...	Georges
Bruno Carette	...	Grimaldi
Paulette Dubost	...	Mrs. Vieuzac
Harriet Walter	...	Lily
Martine Gautier	...	Adele
Rozenne Le Tallec	...	Marie-Laure
Jeanne Herry	...	Françoise (as Jeanne Herry-Leclerc)
Renaud Danner	...	Pierre-Alain
François Berléand	...	Daniel
Dominique Blanc	...	Claire
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Serge Angeloff	...	Adele's fiancé
Anne-Marie Bonange	...	Neighbor
Marcel Bories	...	Leonce
Bernard Brocas	...	Le curé / Priest
Stéphane Broquedis	...	The young garage owner
Etienne Draber	...	Mr. Boutelleau
Diane Gracis	...	Young girl
Denise Juskiewenski	...	Mrs. Abel
Valérie Lemercier	...	Mrs. Boutelleau
Stéphane Paoli	...	Jacques Paoli
Benjamin Prieur	...	Twin
Nicolas Prieur	...	Twin
Hubert Saint-Macary	...	Paul
Jacqueline Staup	...	Neighbor
Georges Vaur	...	Funeral procession

Réalisé par
Louis Malle

Scénaristes
Louis Malle		(scenario) &
Jean-Claude Carrière		(scenario)

Produit par
Louis Malle	....	producer
Vincent Malle	....	executive producer

Musique originale
Stéphane Grappelli

Image
Renato Berta

Montage
Emmanuelle Castro

Distribution des rôles
Jeanne Biras

Création des décors
Willy Holt
Philippe Turlure

Création des costumes
Catherine Leterrier

Maquillage
Christiane Berroyer	....	hair stylist
Françoise Chapuis-Asselin	....	key makeup artist (as Françoise Chapuis)
Joël Lavau	....	key makeup artist
Laurence Le Bourvelec-Butin	....	hair stylist (as Laurence Le Bourvelec)

Directeur de production
Jean-Yves Asselin	....	unit production manager
Sylvie Duluc	....	unit manager
Gérald Molto	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Luc Etienne	....	second assistant director
Michel Ferry	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jean Bretonnière	....	painter
Benoît Clémenceau	....	props
Roger Fresca	....	carpenter
Michel Grimaud	....	property master
André Loisif	....	construction coordinator

Technicien du son
Dominique Hennequin	....	sound mixer
Jean-Claude Laureux	....	sound
Laurent Lévy	....	foley artist
Chris Max	....	synchronization
Manuel Naudin	....	sound trainee
Brigitte Taillandier	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeanne-Louise Bulliard	....	still photographer
Guy Canu	....	key grip
Franck Coquet	....	gaffer
Muriel Coulin	....	second assistant camera
Jean-Paul Toraille	....	first assistant camera
Christian Weyers	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Swan Pham	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne David	....	costume supervisor
Annick Redon	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Nathalie Langlade	....	assistant editor
Marie-France Poulizac	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Marcel Azzola	....	musician
Marc Fosset	....	musician
Pierre Gossez	....	musician
Stéphane Grappelli	....	musician
Jean-Francois Heisser	....	musician: piano
Henning Lohner	....	music consultant
Henri Renaud	....	music consultant
Jack Sewing	....	musician
Martin Taylor	....	musician
Maurice Vander	....	musician

Divers
Françoise Cadeac	....	animal trainer
Pierre Cadeac	....	animal trainer
Frédérique Chevarin	....	production assistant
Claude Davy	....	publicist
Frédéric Doniguian	....	production assistant
Simone Escoffier	....	production secretary
France Lachapelle	....	script supervisor
Henning Lohner	....	apprentice director
Catherine Staub	....	production administrator

Thanks
Bruno Carette	....	in memory of (as Bruno)

Production Companies

• Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF) (Paris) (as NEF)
• TF1 Films Production (Paris)
• Ellepi Films (Rome)

Distributors

• Pyramide Distribution (1990) (France) (theatrical)
• Arte Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD)
• Cine Saison (1990) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Orion Classics (1990) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Orion Home Video (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• Starlight

Other Companies

• Conseil Général du Gers  assistance
• Conseil Régional Midi-Pyrénées  assistance
• Euro-Titres  titles
• Studios de Billancourt  post-production
• Transpalux  electrical equipment

Autre(s) titre(s):

May Fools (USA)
Milou a maggio (Italy)
Milou in May (UK)

Durée:

Germany:107 min

Pays:

France | Italy

Langue:

Français | Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Australia:M | Iceland:L | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:7 | USA:R | West Germany:12

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Château du Calaoue, Gers, France

Company:

Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: (#5.2)" (1992)

Soundtrack:

Le nozze di Figaro (Voi che sapete)

May Wine

Malle made only two films after this one, Damage, and Vanya On 42nd Street and it's tempting to view Milou en Mai as a rehearsal for Vanya though in the end the differences outweigh the similarities. It IS set on a country estate that is running to seed and there IS a 'Vanya' figure in Milou himself (Michel Piccoli) who more or less tends the estate in the absence of his siblings - one deceased, one pursuing his own career. There IS a family gathering with all that that implies, bickering, truth-telling, laughter, tears, accusations, recriminations etc. Perhaps above all it is a MOOD piece which does put it in the same universe as Chekhov but it is ultimately too easy to read it in this way. It was a masterstroke to place it at the time of the student riots in Paris, May, 1968 and this strengthens the links with Chekhov who, of course, wrote his own masterpieces at a time when Russia was undergoing changes unacknowledged by his gentlefolk with their heads in the metaphorical sand of dachas serenely remote from the turbulence. This is a film of great lyricism and melancholia with a gentle Jazz music score by Stephane Grappelly and the action, such as it is, is kick-started by the death of Milou's mother which necessitates summoning the family for the funeral. Again like Chekhov what we have here is an ensemble piece rather than Leading Man, Leading Lady, Juvenile, Ingenue, etc and the acting is uniformly excellent from Miou-Miou as Milou's daughter, Camille, to Francois Berleand as the family lawyer who drives a red Alfa Romeo and still carries a torch for Camille, to Valerie Lemercier in the small but telling role of Madame Boutelleau. The events in far-off Paris punctuate but are not allowed to dominate and barely to influence the action leaving the family - and non-family - to quarrel, couple, fail-to-couple and relate the occasional home truth. In short a lovely Autumnal movie.