Cold Moon
A poster with the film's French title: Lune froide
Directed by	Patrick Bouchitey
Written by	Jackie Berroyer Patrick Bouchitey Charles Bukowski
Produced by	Luc Besson Andrée Martinez
Starring	Jean-François Stévenin
Cinematography	Jean-Jacques Bouhon
Edited by	Florence Bon
Release date	22 May 1991 (1991-05-22)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$1.4 million^[1]

Cold Moon (French: Lune froide) is a 1991 French drama film directed by Patrick Bouchitey. It was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] It is based on the Charles Bukowski short stories "The Copulating Mermaid of Venice" and "Trouble with the Battery".

Cast

Jean-François Stévenin as Simon
Patrick Bouchitey as Dédé
Jean-Pierre Bisson as Gérard, le beau-frère de Dédé
Jackie Berroyer as The monk
Consuelo De Haviland as La blonde / Blonde girl
Laura Favali as Nadine, la soeur de Dédé
Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Félix
Silvana de Faria as La prostituée / Whore
Karine Nuris as La sirène
Roland Blanche as L'accoudé
Dominique Maurin as Le vagabond (as Dominique Collignon Maurin)
Bernard Crombey as Le boucher
Patrick Fierry as Jean-Loup
Anne Macina as La femme de la voiture
Marie Mergey as Suzanne, la tante de Simon / Aunt Suzanne

References

External links

Luc Besson

Filmography

Films

Directed	Le Dernier Combat (1983) Subway (1985) The Big Blue (1988) La Femme Nikita (1990) Atlantis (1991) Léon: The Professional (1994) The Fifth Element (1997) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Angel-A (2005) Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) The Lady (2011) The Family (2013) Lucy (2014) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) Anna (2019) Dogman (2023)
Written	Kamikaze (1986) Taxi (1998) Taxi 2 (2000) The Dancer (2000) Kiss of the Dragon (2001) Wasabi (2001) Yamakasi (2001) The Transporter (2002) Fanfan la Tulipe (2003) Taxi 3 (2003) Michel Vaillant (2003) Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004) District 13 (2004) Revolver (2005) Transporter 2 (2005) Unleashed (2005) Bandidas (2006) Taxi 4 (2007) Taken (2008) Transporter 3 (2008) District 13: Ultimatum (2009) From Paris with Love (2010) Colombiana (2011) Lockout (2012) Taken 2 (2012) 3 Days to Kill (2014) Brick Mansions (2014) Taken 3 (2015) The Transporter Refueled (2015) The Warriors Gate (2016) Renegades (2017) Arthur, malédiction (2022)
Produced	Cold Moon (1991) Nil by Mouth (1997) Chaos and Desire (2002) Les Côtelettes (2003) Taxi (2004) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Love and Other Disasters (2006) Nuovomondo (2006) Tell No One (2006) The Secret (2007) Hitman (2007) Taken (2008) Home (2009) Staten Island (2009) 22 Bullets (2010) The Source (2011) A Monster in Paris (2011) Collision (2013) Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013) The Homesman (2014) Taxi 5 (2018)

TV series

Transporter: The Series (2012–2014)
No Limit (2012–2015)

See also

Category

Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski
Novels	Post Office (1971) Factotum (1975) Women (1978) Ham on Rye (1982) Hollywood (1989) Pulp (1994)
Collections	Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1969) Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (1972) South of No North (1973) Hot Water Music (1983) Tales of Ordinary Madness (1983) The Most Beautiful Woman in Town (1983) The Captain Is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship (1998) Portions from a Wine-stained Notebook: Short Stories and Essays (2008) More Notes of a Dirty Old Man (2011)
Short stories	"Loneliness" (1973) "The Killers" (1973) "Bring Me Your Love" (1983)
Films	Bukowski (1973) Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1985) Barfly (1987) Crazy Love (1987) Cold Moon (1991) Factotum (2005) There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here (2008) The Last Straw (2008)
Related	Influence on popular culture Henry Chinaski Hostage (1985 album) Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life (1998 biography)