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NOT THAT
KIND OF
GUY.

MAUVAIS GENRE

2020

QUEER ROMANCE

Somewhere in the French countryside, Léto is stuck in a modest industrial suburban town. Down tower blocks, a bunch of broke and bully thugs rule over the wasteland he crosses everyday to pick up his moped before work. However one day, this ambient hostility turns into the overwhelming charm of an unexpected encounter... Léto will thus draw his emancipation from Hamza, an enigmatic ice rink employee just as outsider as him.

CREW

Writer-Director ... Sarah Al Atassi
Producer ... Wombat Films

Production manager ... Vivien Ferrand

Assistant production manager ... Clémentine Sergent

1st Assistant director ... Marie Fouché

2nd Assistant director ... Johanna Renard
Script supervisors ... Juliette Moreau + Marielle Alluchon
Stunt coordinator ... Mathieu Lardot (Cinemaction)
Photography ... Evgenia Alexandrova
Sound ... Hugo Deguillard
Decoration ... Pauline Doublier
Costume ... Avril Lecocq
Makeup ... Fiona Rossini
Editing ... Sarah Al Atassi
Color ... Vincent Amor
Original Music Soundtrack ... Zaïd Sahlii

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CAST

Léto ... Sohan Pague
Hamza (Léto's crush) ... Issa Al Issa
Jordan (Léto's one night stand) ... Tibo Drouet
Léto's friend ... Philippe Bilheur
Cinema manager ... Raphaël Thiéry
Clarisse (rink receptionist) ... Clementine Sergent
Thug Leader ... Lahcen Elmazouzi
Thug ... Leyhan Belhachemi-Hoinard
Thug ... Théophile Dubus
Thug ... Anthony Da Silva
Thug ... Nicolas Ali Larbi
Thug ... Sébastien Ali Larbi
Thug ... Sarah Al Atassi
Couple from porn video ... Maël Dutheil
Couple from porn video ... Simon Frenay
TV documentary narrator ... Michel Mhanna Santoni

FESTIVALS

Queersicht LGBTIQA+ Filmfestival ... Bern, Sweden
Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival ... USA
Rome Independent Film Festival ... Italia
Brooklyn Film Festival ... New York, USA
Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival ... Bombay, India
Pink Apple Queer Film Festival  ... Zurich, Sweden
Metz Subversive Film Festival ... northeast France
Changing Face International Film Festival ... Sydney, Australia
Désir...Désirs LGBTQIA+ Film Festival ... Tours, France
Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival ... New England, USA
Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival ... state of California, USA
Sandbar International Film Awards ... Belfast, Northern Irelande
Melbourne Queer Film Fest ... Australia
Queer Screen (Mardi Gras Film Festival) ... Sydney, Australia

Certamen Internacional de Cortos (Soria Short Film Fest) ... Spain
Cinemarges ... Bordeaux, France
Face à Face (gay and lesbian film festival) ... Saint-Etienne, France

Eurydice Short Film Festival ... Fécamp, France

Et Alors ?! (LGBT+ film festival) ... Perpignan, France

Thessaloniki Free Short Film Festival ... Greece

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AWARDS

SCENARIO REWARD



FESTIVALS AWARDS

Brive international medium-length film festival - 2018

► Screenplay competition winner

Sandbar international film awards (Ireland) - 2020

►​ Best LGBT film winner

► Best performance winner

Los Angeles diversity film festival (USA) - 2021

► Best director winner

Soria International Short Film Fest (Spain) - 2021

► Jury prize : Cuestión de Sexo competition

Désir...Désirs festival (France) - 2021

► Best short film winner : audience award

Métamorphose NocturneSarah Al Atassi & Sohan Pague by Stéphan Mary
00:00 / 15:21
Radio Campus ToursSarah Al Atassi by Eve Coquelet
00:00 / 18:37
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 BEHIND THE SCENES

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