Love and Bruises
2011·France·105 min.
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In Paris, the Chinese university student Hua is dumped by her lover. Hua wanders on the streets and the French worker Mathieu accidentally hits her face with the pipes that he is carrying on his shoulder. Mathieu apologizes to Hua and invites her to have dinner with him. When they leave the restaurant, Mathieu rapes her and then he accompanies Hua home. Hua is a promiscuous and submissive woman and she has one night stand with Mathieu. The unlike couple falls begin a relationship based on a strong sexual desire. The insecure Mathieu decides to test Hua's fidelity and his friend Giovanni also rapes her. Their troubled relationship ends when Hua finds secrets about Mathieu's life and decides to return to China.
DirectorLou Ye
MusicPeyman Yazdanian
CinematographyNelson Yu Lik-wai
CastTahar Rahim·Jalil Lespert·Lika Minamoto·Corinne Yam·Sifan Shao·Vincent Rottiers·Patrick Mille·Zhang Songwen·Adèle Ado·Cyril Dubreuil·Élise Otzenberger·Pascual Cortes KrischukShow all
Original titleLove and Bruises