Alain Guiraudie 2009 97 min France
Armand Lacourtade, 43, an agricultural equipment salesman, is sick of life as a single gay man. After meeting Curly, a brash teenage girl, he goes straight. With all kinds of people on their tails, they defy every danger to be together in their forbidden love. But is this really what Armand dreamed of?
Born July 15 1964 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue (Aveyron), is an actor, director and writer. Born into a farming family, he developed a passion for very young folk culture. In 1990, he directed his first short film, Heroes Never Die. In a style picaresque and the tone of the tale, he strives to represent the working class in the film That Old Dream That Moves, winner Prix Jean Vigo and presented in 2001 at the Director’s Fortnight. Jean-Luc Godard spoke on this occasion that it was the “Best Film at Festival de Cannes.” Alain Guiraudie then passes to feature film, and is still filming in the Southwest.