| Summary: | This film tells the story of Stéphanie (played by real-life transsexual Stéphanie Michelini), a jaded transsexual prostitute who leaves Paris to take care of her dying mother (Josiane Storelu) in the country. She brings along her two lovers, a street-hustling Arab boy, Jamel (Yasmine Belmadi), and a Russian ex-soldier named Mikhail (Edouard Nikitine). While Stephanie and her mom come to grips with their troubled past, Mikhail has his own problems dealing with his mother back in Russia, as does Jamel who finds his lifestyle not warmly accepted by his conventional family. This is a film about crossing barriers sexually, personally, and even--to comical effect--linguistically, as Mikhail does not speak French, so everyone has to communicate in the commonly shared broken English.
Screening location: Love Auditorium, Levine Science Research Center (LSRC) room B101.
Sponsored by DukeOUT, the Duke University Union, the Graduate & Professional Student Council, FuquaPride, Duke Allies, the Office of Student Activities and Facilities, the Center for French and Francophone Studies, the Office of Institutional Equity, Nosh Eclectic Foodstuffs, the Human Rights Campaign, Club Steel Blue, the Division of Student Affairs, and the Film/Video/Digital Program.
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