Pierre Le Gall
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews FLESH AND FUEL (Du fioul dans les artéres) @ Cannes Film Festival
A study on loneliness and longing directed by Pierre Le Gall Etienne (Alexis Manenti) is a French container truck driver, and he moves through Europe in daily long shifts. His job is a demanding one on the road, the truck is his shelter also, sometimes he even cleans himself on board. By night,…
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Pierre Le Gall, won the inaugural Queer Palm Revelation Prize @ CANNES for his excellent debut Flesh and Fuel
As the Cannes Film Festival shuts down its screens after another year, there are the usual rumblings about its relevance for the film industry and beyond. The ongoing debate is between those who view it as the essential “cathedral” of global cinema and critics who see it as an insular, elitist “bubble” struggling to adapt…
