We look back at the bt French gay cema.
Contents:
- 10 GREAT FRENCH GAY FILMS
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
10 GREAT FRENCH GAY FILMS
Pierre Deladonchamps plays Franck, a solary man who spends his summer vatn cisg for hookups at a seclud gay beach at Lac Sate-Croix Provence. A fascatg medatn on sire and vulnerabily, Stranger by the Lake might very well be the bt gay murr mystery out there.
This BFI list of olr French gay films is also a great rource! La Cage x Foll (1978)Tradnally France has been seen as one of the most liberal untri the world, and boasts an enviable rerd on gay rights, spe the ocsnal rantgs om Brigte Bardot. But has this homoiendly attu translated to s cema?
We’ve kept the list to films that are easily available to watch the UK, but honourable mentn should go to The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957), a dated farce that at least has a sympathetic gay son, albe one who never appears on screen, and L Amiés particulièr (1964), set a boys’ boardg school.
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
Un chant d’amour (1950)French wrer Jean Ge is one of the key figur of gay culture, whose novels (cludg Querelle of Brt), plays and says have been champned by gay and straight rears alike.