Wild Side
- Director: Sébastien Lifshitz
- Writer: Stéphane Bouquet; Sébastien Lifshitz
- Producer: Chris Curling; Phil Robertson
CGiii Comment
The unquenchable Antony Hegarty opens.
The dialogue is minimal.
Marginal and beautifully shot.
Lifshitz has an acute sensitivity which defies complacency.
Serious film-making with skill and compassion.
Important indeed...and, quite exceptional.
Thank you.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In Paris, the thirty-two years old travesty Stéphanie a.k.a. Pierre is a streetwalker that lives with the Egyptian gay hustler Djamel and the Russian gay Mikhail that works in a restaurant. When the hospital where her mother Liliane is terminal calls her, she travels with her two lovers to the countryside to look after her dying mother. While at home, she recalls her childhood and how she met Djamel and Mikhail.
Cast & Characters
Stéphanie Michelini as Stéphanie;
Yasmine Belmadi as Djamel;
Edouard Nikitine as Mikhail;
Josiane Stoléru as La mère;
Corentin Carinos as Le petit Pierre;
Perrine Stevenard as Caroline;
Benoît Verhaert as Le père de Pierre;
Fabrice Rodriguez as Le client de la boîte;
Amine Adjina as Le frère de Djamel;
Christophe Sermet as Nicolas;
Loïc Pichon as Le paysan;
Veronika Pereverzeva as La mère de Mikhail;
Antony Hegarty as Le chanteur du cafè;
Gilles Forgeas as Premier client du bois;
Pierre Nahori as Second client du bois