Mad Love

1959. Guilty of a double murder, a man is guillotined. The dead man's head rolls into a basket, from where it recounts a tale.

Cast

Melvil Poupaud

as The Priest

Diane Rouxel

as Rose

Dominique Blanc

as Armance

Lise Lamétrie

as Lisette

Jean-François Stévenin

as The Priest of Mantaille

Jacques Bonnaffé

as The Great Vicar

Jean-Paul Bodet

as Félix the Postman

Virginie Petit

as Miss Desboine

Nathalie Tetrel

as Jacqueline the Milkmaid

Vanina Delannoy

as Solange the Cousin

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