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French Touch: Desires
Six contemporary stories of men exploring love, lust and modern dating.
Director: VARIOUS, François Barbier, Zoé Chadeau, Benjamin Wu and Jean Costa
Overview
Fleeting encounters, conversations about identity, and experiencing life and love in the most authentic way. Six contemporary stories of men exploring love, lust and modern dating. These award-winning French shorts bring raw and diverse stories with beautiful aesthetics, eclectic music and astonishing cinematography.
The included short films are as follows: Bootyful dir. François Barbier Estelle didn't expect to meet Sacha that Saturday night. Drag and freed, the latter will shatter his very strong ideas on dance, seduction and love. Naughty Spot/Gare Aux Coquins dir. Jean Costa Tonio lands in Corsica. He walks through the landscapes of the island and on dating apps where he meets a user named The Oracle. Herculanum dir. Arthur Cahn It's a simple story: “boy meets boy”. But this is a meeting of today: an Internet-biased meeting whose sole purpose was to enjoy carnal pleasures. Masculine dir. Zoé Chadeau Arthus, a twenty-year-old man with a virile and strong physique, returns home with company this this evening. This person isn't quite the kind of boy he is used to having sex with, because Marin, the same age as him, has one passion: drag. Les nuits d’Edouard dir. Yann Ducreux One night, alone at home, Edouard gets ready. He crosses Brussels to join a man. Falling/Tomber dir. Benjamin Vu Léo and Baptiste, two diametrically opposed students, meet one night to prepare a presentation.
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