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Beyond the Sea

Country: Belgium, France, Language: French, 25 mins

  • Director: Hippolyte Leibovici
  • Writer: Flora Krivine, Hippolyte Leibovici
  • Producer: Laurent Denis, Jonathan Hazan

CGiii Comment

If only all short films had production values and imagination like this!

Just watch the trailer and wallow in the luxurious camp of this French on-the-right-side-of-farce.

La Cage aux Folles has had a makeover...is this the pitch for a re-make?!? Bring it on, it deserves a new audience.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

Lady Casca, a drag queen in her sixties, is about to go on stage for the last time. The following day, a retirement awaits her. But her son Thomas interrupts the festivities.

Cast & Characters

Stéphane Excoffier (as Laurence)
Constance Gay (as Ginger)
Amber Kemp (as La nonne)
Thomas Mustin (as Thomas)
Francisco Schuster (as Havier)
Jean-Michel Vovk (as Lady Casca)