Wild Side (2004)
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz
Writers: Stéphane Bouquet, Sébastien Lifshitz
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Year: 2004
Runtime: 93 mim
Stars: Stéphanie Michelini, Yasmine Belmadi and Edouard Nikitine
Iako sam već navikao na bizarne filmove, bozarne ljude, priče i uopšte na sva dešavanja oko mene uvjek se iznenadim kada nakon nekog filma kao što je ovaj ostanem zatećen, pa ili ne znam šta da mislim ili se jednostavno uklopim u pogledanu priču pa mi sve postane nekako sasvim obično i životno. Naprosto ljudi su različiti i bilo bi nam svima bolje da se naučimo da živimo sa različitostima i da ne osuđujemo nikoga unaprijed.
Na žalost mnogi pederu na balkanu nisu u stanju da prihvate različite ljude i žive samo u stereotipima gay-str8 varijenti, sve ostalo im se ili gadi i nisu u stanju da žive sa tim.
Možda zvučim previše oštro, ali zamislite sebe da živite sa jednim travestitom i jednim biseksualcem, a da su oboje bave prostitucijom, baš kao u ovom filmu.
Film nas kroz priču o ljubavnom trouglu između potpuno različitih osoba testira koliko smo naučeni da budemo tolerantni prema različitim aspektima ljudskog ponašanja, seksualnih želja i različim pogledima na život. Da li u svima nama postoji još neka divlja stana ličnosti koju najradije nebi nikome priznali samo zato jer potpuno odudara od naučenih stereotipa i pravila ponašanja koja smatramo da su “normalna”
Stéphanie je 32, transexualna osoba, prostitutka koja je na neki način emotivno vezana za Djamel, koji se svoje seksualne usluge nudi i ženama i muškarcima i ruskom emigrantu Mikhaelu koji bi naradije živio “normalno”
Film možete pogledati na youtube.
Not to be confused with the late Donald Cammell’s bizarre thriller which bears the same title, writer/director Sébastien Lifshitz’s Wild Side explores the world of a transsexual prostitute Stephanie (Stephanie Michelini). Returning from Paris to the provinces after a 15 year absence to look after her dying mother, Stephanie is visited by her male lovers – Russian army deserter Mikhail (Edourard Nikitine) and French Arab hustler Djamel (Yasmine Belmadi) – and remembers her own childhood when she was a boy.
Lifshitz and his co-screenwriter Stephane Bouquet treat the ménage-a-trois between Stephanie, Mikhail and Djamel with sympathy and respect, viewing the trio as a surrogate family unit, who deeply love one another. The film also doesn’t glamorise the business of selling one’s body for sex with strangers, in the way that it stresses the joylessness and monotony of these transactions, whilst Agnes Godard’s cinematography impressively captures the sparse landscapes of the Northern French countryside.
“STRANGELY SUBDUED AND AT TIMES DREARY”
Yet despite Wild Side’s creditable intentions, it’s a strangely subdued and at times dreary work. Michelini remains a dignified but emotionally remote protagonist, the flashback structure proves more confusing than enlightening, and the fact that Mikhail barely speaks a word of French leads to a number of tedious scenes in which he struggles to communicate with his girlfriend and her terminally ill mum.
In a rare moment of genuine drama, he insists that Stephanie talk in her man’s voice, but this desire for ‘normality’ is quickly forgotten in Lifshitz’s drive to provide an affirmative ending for his socially marginalised characters.
In French with English subtitles.
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