Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWe 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 … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThere 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 … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis 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 … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFrom 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 … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis excellent French TV documentary about the journey towards the universal decriminalization of homosexuality was made in 2014, and sadly very little progress has been made since then President Obama had supported UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon efforts at what he called ‘the final frontier in human rights“. Out of 196 UN member states, … Continue reading
