Mad Love (original title: Fou d'amour) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Philippe Ramos and starring Melvil Poupaud, Dominique Blanc and Diane Rouxel. It is an adaptation of Ramos' 1996 short film Ici-bas, which was in turn inspired by the Affair of the Uruffe priest in the 1950s. It won the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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Plot
Set in France in 1959, a man who is convicted of a double murder is guillotined and subsequently the detached head begins to recount the events leading to his death.
Cast
Melvil Poupaud as the Priest
Dominique Blanc as Armance
Diane Rouxel as Rose
Lise Lamétrie as Lisette
Jean-François Stévenin as the Priest of Mantaille
J.P. 'Van Gogh' Bodet as Félix the postman
Jacques Bonnaffé as the great vicar
Virginie Petit as Mademoiselle Desboine
Nathalie Tetrel as Jacqueline the milkmaid
Vanina Delannoy as Solange the cousin
Anaïs Lesoil as Odette
Production
Filming took place during the summer of 2014 in the Ain department, including Champagne-en-Valromey as well as in Belmont-Luthézieu, Virieu-le-Petit, Ceyzérieu, Virignin, Oncieu, Condon, Chanaz.