French
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews the French queer drama ‘ DON’T LOOK DOWN’
In one night full of intriguing glances in a very small apartment with a glorious of Paris, four gay men and a woman get along and learn a little of each other while. Their being together has a specific purpose and one that bounds them all. The viewer gets hints by some action off-camera, since…
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The Divine Josephine : a queer star and hero gets a final Honor
France is finally awarding the American-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy, and civil rights activist JOSEPHINE BAKER an honor she so deserves. She will be the first Black woman to be awarded a place in the Pantheon monument overlooking the Left Bank of Paris. the final resting place of France’s most revered…
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Summer of 85 : Ozon’s bittersweet queer teen romance
The queer French auteur François Ozon turns to a very English novel for the source of his latest bittersweet romance. Evidently, he read Aidan Chambers’s 1982 novel Dance on My Grave. when he was a teenager and this story of teen angst must have really resounded deeply with him that almost four decades later…
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FAG – Short film about homophobia
French queer filmmaker Olivier Lallart’s 35 min film is one of the most powerful dramas which homophobia we have seen for a long time Shot in 2019 in the Oise, the film starts from a love story between two young boys to describe the mechanism of homophobia fueled by rumor. After playing the…
