
Courts mais Gay : Tome 1
2001-06-23 · 105 min · Not rated
A collection of gay and lesbian short films. The 8 short films are: My Friend Rachid [Mon copain Rachid] (1998); I Can Just Imagine [Je vois déjà le titre] (1998); Troubled Waters [Ô trouble] (1999); The Abandon [L'abandon] (1996); Paulo and His Brother [Paulo et son frère] (1997); Emma & Louise (2000); The Life of Others [La vie des autres] (2000); Aniel (1998).
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- Directors
- Martial Fougeron, François Roux, Didier Seynave, Philippe Barassat, Jean-Philippe Labadie, Stéphane Piat, Gabriel de Monteynard, Sylvia Calle, Frédérique Joux
- Production companies
- Antiprod
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
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Philippe d'AvillaJean
Frédéric PierrotMarc
Jean-Michel PortalAniel
Denis D'ArcangeloPaulo
Orazio MassaroLuis
Florence Loiret CailleIgnès
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