Wild Side
Synopsis
One night Stéphanie meets Mikhail, a down-on-his-luck Russian immigrant living illegally in France. Soon, Mikhail falls in love with Stéphanie, and she ultimately makes a surprising decision to include both partners in her life.
Summoned to her childhood home in the north of France by her dying mother Liliane, Stéphanie (whose birth name was Pierre) tries to provide comfort to a woman who never really accepted her son's unconventional sexuality. She is joined by Mikhail and Jamel, who together with Stéphanie form a nurturing web of comfort and support.
Liliane finally dies in her sleep. En route to Paris, the three lovers are shown entwined in the same train compartment, an alternative family of sorts. But they are headed for an uncertain future, living on the margins of a society that is still not comfortable with outcasts, others and those living in-between.
Details
- Year
- 2006
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 93 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Sebastien Lifshitz
- Producer
- Chris Curling, Phil Robertson
- Co-Producer
- Chris Curling, Phil Robertson
- Editor
- Stephanie Mahet
- Screenwriter
- Sebastien Lifshitz
- Director of Photography
- Agnes Godard
- Sound
- Yolande Decarsin
- Composer
- Jocelyn Pook
- Principal cast
- Stephanie Michelini, Yasmine Belmadi, Edouard Nikitine, Josiane Stoleru
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Range Films Ltd.
33 Percy StreetLondon
W1T 2DF
Sales Company
Films Distribution
6 Rue De L'ecole De MedecineParis 75006
France
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