Tag: French
Ghosts of the République : the journey of a French gay couple to become parents
For his sophomore documentary filmmaker Jonathon Narducci is back looking at unusual family relations. His debut movie ‘Love Me’ was about old American men handing over thousands of dollars in the hope of being able to persuade young Russian girls to be their future brides We’ll confess that we ended up laughing at the…
Les Invisibles : French gay seniors tell their stories
We finally managed to cross off another film that has been on the Queerguru must-see film since 2012 when it won a César for Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire). Les Invisibles by queer French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz a two-time Teddy Award Winner is a tender look at a group of French seniors who…
Andrew Hebden reviews The Wanderings of Ivan : from begging and theft to thuggery.
There is an awful lot of wandering about in the 1 hour and 15 mins of this Claude Chamis film and ultimately it leads nowhere. However Chamis almost manages to get away with it by a softly teasing appreciation of beauty that pulls the viewer in further and longer than a less discerning perspective…
The Queen of Paris : and may she reign for ever
This delightful French TV mini series THE QUEEN OF PARIS (aka Clément, reine de la nuit) directed by Holy Fatma and Anne Flore Trichilo is the story of 30 year chemist called Clément. When his working day finishes this disarmingly charming young man transforms into Veronika a much beloved drag queen that performs with…
PROUD : an intergenerational feel-good drama about growing up gay in France in the 1980″s
From French TV comes PROUD a powerful three part mini series that is a three-generation family drama about being gay in France from the 1980’s on. It’s how a committed Socialist working-class family had to cope with the reality that the outspoken liberal views of the father were severely challenged when he could not…
