Nahla Farouk Beloufa, 1979 116 min, 35mm Arabic and French with English subtitles Archival print courtesy Academy Film Archive On the Set of Nahla Jocelyne Saab, 1979 27 min, 16mm-to-digital video Arabic and French with English subtitles Courtesy of Association Jocelyne Saab Farouk Beloufa directed one feature film, Nahla, in the late 1970s, a handful […]
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Rosa (Marianne Basler) is a popular, young prostitute, loved by her clients in Les Halles. However, her everyday happiness is upended when she falls in love with blue-collar worker Julien (Pierre Cosso), a love that will inevitably have consequences for herself, if not her career. Charming in its presentation, the lyricism of the film’s camera […]
Simone is an usher in a Montparnasse porn cinema whose night takes place in triptych form — in the theater, a lesbian bar, and her ride home. The film thus depicts Simone’s queer world, and, like her, disregards the men ambling into the theater. Her nonchalance runs deeper than typical cool-french-cigarette-smoking, however; it’s defiant of […]
Simone is an usher in a Montparnasse porn cinema whose night takes place in triptych form — in the theater, a lesbian bar, and her ride home. The film thus depicts Simone’s queer world, and, like her, disregards the men ambling into the theater. Her nonchalance runs deeper than typical cool-french-cigarette-smoking, however; it’s defiant of […]
Vecchiali never shied away from queerness and pain, and definitely not so in Encore, a film about a middle-aged man, Louis, who leaves his family to explore his homosexuality. One of the first French films to address AIDS and show an HIV-positive character, Encore is also formally bold in the way it delivers its impactful […]