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Yasmine Belmadi,
Josiane Stoleru,
Stéphanie Michelini,
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Sebastien Lifshitz
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: Not Rated
: Fox Lorber
: Drama, Foreign, France, Gay & Lesbian, Features, Erotica
: 93 min.
: French, Russian
: English
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The freewheeling sexuality of three men (one of whom lives as a woman) leads them into a relationship that stretches the traditional bounds of love and friendship in this drama. Stéphanie (Stéphanie Michelini) is a pre-operative transsexual who supports herself as a prostitute and shares a flat with two roommates -- Mikhail (Edouard Nikitine), a Russian soldier who has fled the army and is hiding out in Paris, and Jamel (Yasmine Belmadi), a hustler from Algeria who services stray men in the city's railway stations. When Stéphanie's mother (who is still in deep denial about her son's new life) falls seriously ill, she travels to the small town where she was born to help care for her. Mikhail opts to tag along, and when business starts to dry up in Paris, Jamel follows them to the country. As Stéphanie struggles with her mother, both Mikhail and Jamel find themselves falling in love with her, and when she is forced to pick between them, Stéphanie chooses not to choose, opting to pursue an open relationship with both men. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by talltale
November 26, 2005 - 8:16 AM PST
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4 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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Sebastien Lifshitz' "Come Undone" was a splendid little piece of gay first-love: by turns allusive, tender, ugly, funny and sad. His new WILD SIDE is perhaps even better, taking you into territory you most likely won't have experienced (and might not choose to) and, without raising its voice (or those of its characters) embracing you tenderly and helping you understand. You must make yourself available, however: Watch these faces carefully, as, little by little, you learn. The actors--some first-time, others pro--are well-chosen and work together beautifully.
Blending past and present, families biological and chosen, Lifshitz achieves a kind of reality and an odd beauty, coupled to the ugliness that seems inevitable when prostitution is your trade. Yet the movie indicates that it may be possible to find ample moments of happiness and decency living outside the "norm." If you've followed the film and come to care about the characters, watch the interview with the director. It's better than most of this ilk. Lifshitz seems a quiet, intelligent and caring young man. I'll follow him anywhere he chooses to go. |
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