queer fringe 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. Will these lone wolves run away from such a mutual desire?
mauvais genre
not that kind of guy
crew & cast
movie stills
festival selections
behind the scenes
movie trailer
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
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
(inter)national selections
Sandbar International Film Awards | 2021 | Northern Irelande (Belfast) |
Queer Screen (Mardi Gras Film Festival) | 2021 | Australia (Sydney) |
Thessaloniki Free Short Film Festival | 2023 | Greece |
Et Alors ?! (LGBT+ film festival) | 2022 | France (Perpignan) |
Eurydice Short Film Festival | 2021 | France (Fécamp) |
Face à Face (gay and lesbian film festival) | 2021 | France (Saint-Etienne) |
Cinemarges | 2022 | France (Bordeaux) |
Certamen Internacional de Cortos (Soria Short Film Fest) | 2021 | Spain |
Melbourne Queer Film Fest | 2021 | Australia |
Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival | 2021 | USA (state of California) |
Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival | 2020 | USA (New England) |
Désir...Désirs LGBTQIA+ Film Festival | 2021 + 2022 | France (Tours) |
Changing Face International Film Festival | 2020 | Australia (Sydney) |
Metz Subversive Film Festival | 2021 | Northeast France |
Pink Apple Queer Film Festival | 2020 | Sweden (Zurich) |
Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival | 2021 | India (Bombay) |
Brooklyn Film Festival | 2021 | USA (New York) |
Rome Independent Film Festival | 2020 | Italia |
Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival | 2020 | USA |
Queersicht LGBTIQA+ Filmfestival | 2020 | Sweden (Berne) |
scenario reward
festival awards
Brive international medium-length film festival - 2018
► Screenplay competition winner
Sandbar international film awards (Ireland) - 2020
► Best LGBT film winner
► Best performance winner (for actor Sohan Pague)
Los Angeles diversity film festival (USA) - 2021
► Best director winner
Soria International Short Film Fest (Spain) - 2021
► Jury prize winner : Cuestión de Sexo competition
Désir...Désirs festival (France) - 2021
► Best short film winner : audience award
Thessaloniki free short festival (Greece) - 2023
► 2nd best special short film winner
movie stills
bts and film-set photography
