Disorder

Maryland (2015)

Timing: 1:40 (100 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2015-09-30

Country

Belgium, France

Production

SCOPE Pictures, France 3 Cinéma, Mars Films, Dharamsala, Darius Films

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Budget

$0

Revenue

$39 687

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Director

Alice Winocour

Actors

Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Victor Pontecorvo, Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant, Percy Kemp, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Mickaël Dauber, Franck Torrecillas, Chems Eddine
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Scenario

Producer

Emilie Tisné, Isabelle Madelaine

Operator

Georges Lechaptois

Composer

Artist

Clément Colin

Audition

Elodie Demey, Aurore Broutin

Editing

Julien Lacheray
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• During filming, actor Mattias Schönarts slept only two hours a day. He fully immersed himself in his character, who is tormented by fears and disturbing visions.
• Mattias Schönarts gave an interview in Flemish, in which he admitted that he had become so engrossed in the role that he "began to lose his mind," specifically "stopped sleeping." This resulted in several hospital stays.
• Director Alice Winocour admitted she filmed this movie "inspired by" Matthias Schoenaerts. Working on the project took them two years. Winocour said that Schoenaerts possesses a certain sensuality, and she wanted to film him as men film women, portraying him as an object of desire. However, the director noted that Schoenaerts' character is much deeper and more multifaceted than he initially appears.
• Director Alice Winocour became interested in military photojournalists, who admitted how difficult it was for them to return to normal life after witnessing the horrors of war. After some time, she decided to meet with soldiers who had returned from Afghanistan. The conversation turned to their fears, oppressive anxiety, and propensity for violence. It was in these meetings and conversations that the character, later played by Matthias Schoenaerts, was born.
• Variety magazine named "Maryland" as one of the 21 films that caught the attention of the jury and critics at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
• Jacques Audiard called Matthias Schoenaerts and persuaded him to read the script written by Alice Winocour.
• The "Maryland" in the film's title has nothing to do with the name of an American state. It refers to the name of a villa in the south of France where the film's action unfolds. Alice Winocour said she chose the word because, for the French, it implies something neglected, dark, and suspicious.
• Matthias Schoenaerts began filming in France just three weeks after completing filming on "A Bigger Splash" (2015) in Italy.
• Matthias Schoenaerts learned about what the profession of a bodyguard entails and the requirements for a bodyguard from a special forces operative.