Slow French Movies LGBTQ+
Slow, introspective, wholesome French movies for rainy days. Somewhat abstract and often relaxing, though not necessarily so. Some of them contain serious themes and can be quite dark.
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- DirectorJérôme ReybaudStarsPascal CervoArthur IgualFabienne BabeA man leaves his home unannounced, and spends four days wandering around France.
- DirectorDominique ChoisyStarsJohnny RasseMickaël PelissierNathalie RichardInvited to present his first feature film "My life with James Dean" in Normandy, the young director Géraud Champreux has no idea this film tour is about to change his life. From wild stampedes to woeful screenings, from trawler trips to drunken evenings, Géraud ends up finding inspiration in this unlikely town at the end of the earth.
- DirectorRobin CampilloStarsOlivier RabourdinKirill EmelyanovDaniil VorobyovA businessman makes a regular arrangement with a Ukrainian prostitute, despite the youngster's involvement in a controlling street gang.
- DirectorMehdi Ben AttiaStarsClaudia CardinaleAntonin Stahly ViswanadhanSalim KechioucheMalik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems seem to fade away when he falls for Bilal, the dreamy houseboy at his mother's bourgeois estate.
- DirectorSébastien LifshitzStarsJérémie ElkaïmStéphane RideauMarie MatheronMathieu, 18, spends the summer at his mother's summer house, in Brittany. On the beach, he meets Cédric, a boy his age. A love-story begins between the two boys.
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsÉlodie BouchezGaël MorelStéphane RideauThe fates of two partners are divided.
- DirectorOlivier DucastelJacques MartineauStarsSami BouajilaPatachouAriane AscarideA tale revolving around the carefree bon-vivant Felix, who is content living with his boyfriend, Daniel in the town of Dieppe in Northern France. When Felix is laid off from his job, he decides to take a road trip to Marseilles to track down the father he's never met. Backpack in tow, Felix sets out walking, hitching, and borrowing cars to get to the south of France. Springtime is budding, nature is at its best, and some unique characters await Felix along the dirt roads and byways of the French countryside.
- DirectorChristian FaureStarsCyrille ThouveninStéphan Guérin-TilliéÉva DarlanAfter his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.
- DirectorAlain GuiraudieStarsPierre DeladonchampsChristophe PaouPatrick d'AssumçaoSummertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.
- DirectorAlain BerlinerStarsGeorges Du FresneMichèle LaroqueJean-Philippe ÉcoffeyLudovic is an innocent seven-year-old child who provokes horror in his community when he dresses in girls clothes and insists he's a girl.
- DirectorSébastien LifshitzStarsStéphanie MicheliniYasmine BelmadiEdouard NikitineA transgender woman who survives prostituting herself in Paris, returns - with her two male lovers in tow - to her family home in the countryside to look after her dying mother.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsDenis LavantMichel SuborGrégoire ColinAn ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.
- DirectorFranck GuérinStarsBaptiste BertinCatherine MouchetJean-François StéveninThe sudden death of a teenager during a soccer match puts a small community completely off-balance.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsFrançois DelaiveMarina de VanFrédéric MangenotHe thrilled you with 'Swimming Pool', tickled you with '8 Women' and beguiled you with 'Young and Beautiful'. Dive into the the erotic twists and transgressive turns of the early short films of auteur director François Ozon.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsBernard GiraudeauMalik ZidiLudivine SagnierIn 1970s Germany, a 50-year-old businessman falls in love with a 20-year-old man.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsNatacha RégnierJérémie RenierPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicModern retelling of Hansel and Gretel. After committing a murder, a young couple on the run find refuge in a remote cottage in the woods, where they become trapped by the perverse hermit who lives there.
- DirectorRodrigue JeanStarsSébastien RicardYury PaulauVictor FomineMontreal is snowed under. While the downtown cranes dance their hypnotic ballet, two strangers meet randomly in an unfinished apartment. Their chance encounter leads to a violent attraction and a dependency beyond reason.
- DirectorDavid LambertStarsMatila MalliarakisGuillaume GouixDavid SallesPaulo, a young pianist, meets Ilir, a bartender and bass guitar player originally from Albania. They become lovers. Confronted by his girlfriend Anka, Paulo finds himself out on the street. Despite Ilir's misgivings, Paulo moves in with him. One day, when Paulo promises that he will love Ilir for the rest of his life, Ilir leaves the city and doesn't return. A few days later, Paulo finds out that Ilir is in jail, and their relationship faces unexpected challenges.
- DirectorOlivier DucastelJacques MartineauStarsAriane AscarideJimmy TavaresJonathan ZaccaïMy Life on Ice presents the unique point of view of 16-year-old Etienne, a cute would-be ice skating champion living in provincial Rouen who is obsessed with filming his daily life with a digital camera. Told from his subjective perspective, the focus of Etienne's video diary subtly takes shape as he records his single mother, his best friend Ludovic, and, almost stalker-like, his handsome male geography teacher Laurent. Though explaining his goal is to match his mother with Laurent, he gradually comes to the realization that other unconscious desires are motivating him, as hinted at in an intense discussion with Ludovic about the possibility of love between men.
- DirectorNicolas MauryStarsNicolas MauryNathalie BayeArnaud ValoisJérémie, a young man at his breaking point, leaves Paris to return to his intrusive mother in Limousin.
- DirectorNadir MoknècheStarsFanny ArdantTewfik JallabNadia KaciWhen his mother dies, Zino decides to find his father, Farid. But 25 years ago, Farid became Lola.
- DirectorCatherine CorsiniStarsNathalie RichardPascal CervoOlaf LubaszenkoIn a French small town, Marc, a 15-year-old teenager, reveals his homosexuality