The animated feature, the directorial feature debut of Nicolas Athané and Marco Nguyen, world premieres in the Cannes Film Festival's Midnight Screenings program.
Jim Parfait has it all. The gay influencer is ripped and hugely popular. In fact, he is an icon of the Gym Queens community in Paris, a party king of the Marais district, the heart of queer life in theBecause if you are on top like Jim, the only way is down – way down!
And that brings with it the threat of being ripped – ripped to shreds, that is. For example, if you lose your health, strength and status. And that’s exactly the nightmare that Jim, one of the protagonists of the animated satireThe feature film is the creation, and directorial feature debut, of Nicolas Athané and Marco Nguyen, who co-wrote it with Simon Balteaux and Brice Chevillard.
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