Why Not Me? (film) explained

Why Not Me?
Native Name:
Director:Stéphane Giusti
Cinematography:Antoine Roch
Editing:Catherine Schwartz
Production Companies:Elzévir Films
Distributor:Cinema Mondo
Runtime:95 mins.
Language:French

Why Not Me? (French: '''Pourquoi pas moi?''')(Spanish; Castilian: '''¿Entiendes?''') is a 1999 French-Spanish comedy film written and directed by Stéphane Giusti. The film stars Amira Casar, Julie Gayet, Bruno Putzulu, and Alexandra London.

Plot

In Barcelona, Camille, Eva, Ariane and their friend Nico are out as lesbian and gay to almost everyone, and they decide that the time has come to tell all their parents about their sexual orientation. To make it possible, Camille's liberal mother hosts a party at her home with the unsuspecting parents invited.[1]

Cast

Accolades

Why Not Me? won the Best Lesbian Feature at the 1999 Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, followed by the Audience Award and the Jury Award for Best Fiction Feature at the 2000 Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Smith . Paul Julian . Pourquoi pas moi? . . December 2000 . 7 December 2023.
  2. Ince . Kate . 'Queering the Family? Fantasy and the Performance of Sexuality and Gay Relations in French Cinema 1995-2000 . Studies in French Cinema . 2002 . 2 . 2 . 94 . . 7 December 2023.