LGBTQ Pride Month à la française
Little Girl
(Petite fille)
A documentary portrait of eight year-old Sasha, currently questioning her gender identity and dealing with (oftentimes negative) societal reactions.
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- France, Denmark • 2020
- Director Sébastien Lifshitz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Summer of 85
(Été 85)
In the summer of 85, two teenage boys share a tender friendship, a budding romance, and a strange promise.
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- France • 2020
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni‑Tedeschi, Melvil Poupaud, Isabelle Nanty
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Dekkoo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent.
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- France • 2019
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Sauvage
A young sex worker longs for love as he navigates the trials of his profession.
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- France • 2018
- Director Camille Vidal-Naquet
- Cast Félix Maritaud, Éric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla, Philippe Ohrel, Marie Seux, Jean-Pierre Basté
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
BPM (Beats per Minute)
(120 battements par minute)
A group of young activists desperately seek a cure for AIDS in 1990s Paris.
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- France • 2017
- Director Robin Campillo
- Cast Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Félix Maritaud, Ariel Borenstein
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Dekkoo, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Being 17
(Quand on a 17 Ans)
When his mother takes in a bully whose own mother is ill, Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorized him.
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- France • 2016
- Director André Téchiné
- Cast Sandrine Kiberlain, Kacey Mottet Klein, Corentin Fila, Mama Prassinos, Alexis Loret, Jean Fornerod
- Genre Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Summertime
(La belle saison)
When Carole follows Delphine back to her family farm in the conservative French countryside, the two find gay rights and feminism are not as easily accepted in the countryside.
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- France, Belgium • 2015
- Director Catherine Corsini
- Cast Izïa Higelin, Cécile de France, Noémie Lvovsky, Laetitia Dosch, Kevin Azais, Loulou Hanssen
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Blue Is the Warmest Color
(La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2)
Adèle's life changes completely when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair.
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- France, Belgium, Spain • 2013
- Director Abdellatif Kechiche
- Cast Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing, Catherine Salée, Benjamin Siksou
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
Eastern Boys
A middle-aged businessman gets more than he bargained for when he picks up a young Ukrainian hustler.
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- France • 2013
- Director Robin Campillo
- Cast Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Daniil Vorobyov, Edéa Darcque, Camila Chanirova, Bislan Yakhiaev
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Hoopla
Stranger by the Lake
(L'Inconnu du Lac)
Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent, and lethally dangerous man.
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- France • 2013
- Director Alain Guiraudie
- Cast Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte, Mathieu Vervisch, Gilbert Traina
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Metrograph, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Tomboy
When a young girl moves to a new neighborhood with her family, she assumes a new identity as a boy.
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- France • 2011
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy, Rayan Boubekri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Microsoft Store
Water Lilies
(Naissance des pieuvres)
Marie joins the local pool’s synchronized swim team for a chance to get close to Floriane—the “bad girl” of the team.
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- France • 2007
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Pauline Acquart, Adèle Haenel, Louise Blachère, Warren Jacquin, Christel Baras, Marie Gili-Pierre
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel