Pascal looks for the pair of tights that suit him best, then applies his make-up with the helpful advice of his wife Carole. Capturing moments of intimacy and scenes from everyday life, Fernand Melgar spends a year filming this couple battling other people's perceptions of them. Pascal does not hide his need to dress like a woman. He is both a loving father and husband and a woman dreaming of sequins and dance-hall fame. However, this "ménage à trois" struggles to assert its identity, coming up against attacks from family and jeers from fellow inhabitants of the village. Filmed from the birth of their last child until his first birthday, the film tells the story of bringing to life, of a painful introduction to the world we live in. The sequences, which are always meaningful, follow each other seamlessly: conversations and everyday gestures underline little victories and big disappointments. Childhood photographs, a television program or a newspaper article..
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Fernand Melgar Director · Camille Cottagnoud Cinematographer
United States release January 1, 2003 · Produced in Switzerland · Production SRG SSR, RTS
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Climage
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SRG SSR
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RTS
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Switzerland
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Original language
French
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French
Release dates
Switzerland · April 22, 2002
Theatrical · Nyon, Visions du réel - Festival int. du cinéma documentaire
United States · January 1, 2003
Chicago International Film Festival
Argentina
April 12, 2012 · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Canada
November 1, 2003 · RIDM - Montreal International Documentary Festival
France
January 1, 2003 · Traces de Vie, Clermont Ferrand
Germany
October 1, 2002 · DOK Leipzig International Film Festival
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