Miss [eVideo]
2020
Online Video
A young man seeking his gender identity decides to take part in the Miss France beauty pageant. Twenty years ago, Billy Elliot showed us that boys can dance and now Miss will win hearts as it proves that boys can compete in beauty pageants. The new film by Ruben Alves (The Gilded Cage) is a feel-good story about overcoming hardship and prejudice, with a fun and light-hearted commentary on how attitudes towards gender are shaped. It is the best kind of thought-provoking film: one that is celebratory and joyful.Ever since childhood Alex (Alexandre Wetter) had wanted to enter the annual Miss France beauty pageant, despite being a boy. However, adolescence was not kind and Alex suffered huge blows to his self-esteem. When an unexpected encounter allows Alex to once more pursue his dreams, he does everything he can to transcend the traditional binary gender definitions that threaten to hold him back.Miss is the first major acting role for Wetter, a model who has made a career out of defying gender norms. Wetter's personal journey makes them the perfect person to play Alex in this inspirational film that inspires us to rethink the status quo.
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France : Laetitia Galitzine,Hugo Gélin, 2020.Sydney : Beamafilm Pty. Ltd.
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1 online resource (streaming video file (107 min.) )
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Available online at Beamafilm.FrenchDescription based on online resource; title from title screen.
Credits:
Director, Ruben Alves
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Cast: Cast: Alexandre Wetter,Pascoe Arbillot,Isabelle Nanty,Thibault De Montalembert,Stéfi Celma
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M Australian Classification BoardM New Zealand Classification Board15 Beamafilm or British Standards Organisation15 Beamafilm or Irish Standards OrganisationPG-13 Beamafilm or American Standards Organisation14A Beamafilm or Canadian Standards Organisation
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French
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FranceFashionComedyDramaDramedyIdentitySocial CommentaryDiscriminationMovie
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639229
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