Des majorettes dans l'espace (1996)

Director:

David Fourier

Writer:

David Fourier (writer)

Release Date:

14 August 1998 (UK)

Genre:

Short

Plot:

Dimitri, a Soviet cosmonaut of Soyouz 27 likes majorettes. Catherine and Laurent like making love. Jean-Paul II loves airports. Vincent loves boys.

Plot Keywords:

Gay Interest | Gay | AIDS

Awards:

Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 8 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Aurélien Bianco
Cléo Delacruz
Jean-Marc Delacruz

Also Known As:

Majorettes in Space

Runtime:

6 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Haut et Court

Movie Connections:

Edited into Boys Life 3 (2000)

Drag your Homophophic friends to these movies

Am I really the first person in cyberspace to offer comment on these films? They are of varying quality but definitely worthy of more attention. Coming from the country that used to stigmatise homosexuality as being _la vice anglais_, a moniker that would today be more accurately applied to making slushy romantic comedies with Gwyneth Paltrow, these five short movies explore a wide range of responses to the gay experience. The first is worth the price of admission alone, at least here in Ireland where Arthouse cinemas are heavily subsidised: a riotously funny pythonesque fable demonstrating the sheer absurdity of homophobia which, in an ideal world all bible-belt queer-bashers would be forced to watch. The second is an inconsequential tale about a forgotton condom, the third a weird, disturbing tale exploring voyeurism and necrophilia. The fourth is more camp, a reversal of _The City and the Pillar_ in which a gay man discovers his latent heterosexuality. The fifth and longest casts a dark shadow over the rest, a story of an introverted drag queen and his young son. When I watched this film, most of the couples appeared to be in same-sex relationships: this is a shame, because these films deserve recogntion in a wider, non-gay audience.