Monsieur Max

Portrait of a homosexual bohemian who converted from Judaism to Catholicism and was captured by the Gestapo in the 1940s.

Cast

Jean-Claude Brialy

as Max Jacob

Dominique Blanc

as Alice

Guillaume Gallienne

as Max Jacob jeune

Féodor Atkine

as Pablo Picasso

Éric Naggar

as Le Curé

Ilona Bachelier

as Alice enfant

Alexis Michalik

as Jean Marais

Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc

as Jean Cocteau

Nâzim Boudjenah

as Pablo Picasso jeune

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

as Sacha Guitry

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