Miss, screening at the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021, is a film from Portuguese-French director Ruben Alves about a young androgynous man’s fight to defeat the odds and become Miss France. Alex Dufresnoy (played by Alexandre Wetter) wants to become Miss France (his dream ever since he was a child) “to become someone” (pour devenir quelqu’un). He teams up with his former primary school friend, Elias played by Quentin Faure, who is now a boxing champion to help him train mentally for the task.
Thibault de Montalembert gives his role as cross-dressing Lola, who takes Alex under his wing, his all. It’s quite a change from his scheming corporate role as Mathias Barneville in the hit series Call my agent. Stéfi Celma, who you will also recognise as talent and secretary, Sofia Leprince, from Call my Agent also stars in Miss as fellow Miss France contestant, Miss PACA.
Isabelle Nanty (of Amelie and Les Visiteurs) is wonderful in her role as Yolande, the head of house and mother figure to those who live in it. In that adult shared house live Alex, Lola, two enterprising drug growers and dealers, and two Indian ladies constantly at work sewing clothes.
Alexandre Wetter has rightly been nominated for the most promising actor César for his role in Miss (alongside Benjamin Voisin and Léfebvre from other festival film Summer of 85).
A film about challenging ideas of femininity, questions of identity and what it takes to be accepted and respected in this world. Miss treats the subject with the perfect balance of humour and tenderness.
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Miss will screen at the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021.
Watch the Miss trailer
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A COVID-safe festival
The strictest COVID protocols will be respected in each city, including social distancing, sanitising and circulation of clean air, to ensure a safe cinema experience.
Festival dates
The Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021 will screen in the following cities on the following dates:
ADELAIDE
23 March to 20 April
Encore: 21 to 22 April
BRISBANE
17 March to 13 April
Encore: 14 & 15 April
BYRON BAY
24 March to 14 April 2021
Encore: 15 & 16 April
CANBERRA
4 March to 31 March
Encore: 1 to 5 April
HOBART
11 March to 20 March 2021
MELBOURNE
3 March to 31 March
Encore: 1 to 5 April
PARRAMATTA
8 April to 11 April 2021
PERTH
10 March to 7 April
Encore: 8 to 11 April
SYDNEY
2 March to 31 March
Encore: 1 to 5 April
You can find the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021 program on the official website at:
https://www.affrenchfilmfestival.org/
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