Queer cinema in contemporary France: Five directors [Paperback]

Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel, Alain Guiraudie, S?bastien Lifshitz and C?line Sciamma. The films of these five major French directors exemplify queer cinema in the twenty-first century. Comprehensive in scope,Queer cinema in contemporary Francetraces the development of the meaning of queer across these directors careers, from their earliest, often unknown films to their later, major films with wide international release. Whether having sex on the beach or kissing in the high school swimming pool, these cinematic characters create or embody forward-looking, open-ended and optimistic forms of queerness and modes of living, loving and desiring. Whether they are white,beuror black, whether they are lesbian, gay, trans* or queer, they open up hetero- and cisnormativity to new ways of being a gendered subject.GBComprehensive in scope,Queer cinema in contemporary Francetraces the development of the meaning of queer across five French directors careers, from their earliest, often unknown films to their later, major films with international release.Todd W. Reeser is Professor of French and Gender, Sexuality and Womens Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, USA

What does queer signify in twenty-first-century French film? How are lesbian, gay, and trans* characters represented on screen?

Queer cinema in contemporary Franceresponds to these questions through an examination of the work of five directors: Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel, Alain Guiraudie, S?bastien Lifshitz, and C?line Sciamma. Taking in award-winning films such asStranger by the LakeandPortrait of a Lady on Fireand lesser-known productions such asFamily TreeandOpen Bodies, the book traces the development of queerness across the filmmakers careers. The films depict a wide range of scenarios  from gay sex at a nudist beach and lesbian love in a high school swimming pool to gay road trips and transgender journeys through time. They offl³ì