L'Amour braque

L'Amour braque
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndrzej Żuławski
Written byEtienne Roda-Gil
Andrzej Żuławski
Produced byAntoine Gannagé
Alain Sarde
StarringSophie Marceau
Francis Huster
Tchéky Karyo
CinematographyJean-François Robin
Edited byMarie-Sophie Dubus
Music byStanislas Syrewicz
Distributed byAMLF (France)
Release date
  • 27 February 1985 (1985-02-27) (France)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$4 million

L'Amour braque (English: Mad Love) is a 1985 French romantic drama film directed by Andrzej Żuławski and starring Sophie Marceau, Francis Huster, and Tchéky Karyo. The film is about a bank robber on his way to Paris who meets a neurotic dreamer whom he considers to be an idiot. The dreamer follows him everywhere and soon falls in love with his girlfriend, resulting in a tragic ending. The film is loosely inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1869 novel The Idiot. The film received a Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award Nomination for Best Film in 1986.