The Enchanted Cottage: Lifshitz Salvages a Segment of Transgender History
Although he began his directorial career in the vein of free-spirited indie narratives navigating the fringes of queer and trans perspectives, French filmmaker Sebastien Lifshitz has exclusively delivered documentaries for well over a decade. Either focusing on a specific subject, or a group perspective, (such as the elderly gay men and women of 2012’s Les Invisibles or the tempestuous friends of 2019’s Adolescents), Lifshitz has spent a large part of his career shining on a light on erased histories and neglected viewpoints from a community already defined by historical (and ongoing) disenfranchisement.…...
Although he began his directorial career in the vein of free-spirited indie narratives navigating the fringes of queer and trans perspectives, French filmmaker Sebastien Lifshitz has exclusively delivered documentaries for well over a decade. Either focusing on a specific subject, or a group perspective, (such as the elderly gay men and women of 2012’s Les Invisibles or the tempestuous friends of 2019’s Adolescents), Lifshitz has spent a large part of his career shining on a light on erased histories and neglected viewpoints from a community already defined by historical (and ongoing) disenfranchisement.…...
- 9/3/2022
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Sébastien Lifshitz’s “Little Girl,” a documentary about a 7-year-old transgender girl in France named Sasha, has the feel and texture of a contemplative narrative feature. Lifshitz envelops Sasha and her family in a sort of visual cocoon, as if to cradle them, shooting them in gentle afternoon light when they’re outside and in protective shadows when they are inside their house. His touch here is so delicate that it makes most American talking-heads documentaries look particularly crude and formulaic by comparison.
Lifshitz has made some narrative features, including the memorably erotic “Come Undone” with Stéphane Rideau and “Wild Side,” in which he was ahead of the curve in 2004 with casting a transgender actor, Stéphanie Michelini, in a transgender leading role, but he has focused in recent years on documentaries. It was while making “Bambi,” a portrait of the 1950s Parisian trans dancer and showgirl Marie-Pierre Pruvot, that Lifshitz...
Lifshitz has made some narrative features, including the memorably erotic “Come Undone” with Stéphane Rideau and “Wild Side,” in which he was ahead of the curve in 2004 with casting a transgender actor, Stéphanie Michelini, in a transgender leading role, but he has focused in recent years on documentaries. It was while making “Bambi,” a portrait of the 1950s Parisian trans dancer and showgirl Marie-Pierre Pruvot, that Lifshitz...
- 9/18/2021
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
Sebastien Lifshitz‘ latest documentary titled Bambi is having its world premiere at this year’s Berlinale. Documentary – not exactly something we’re usually interested in around here, but this one is a touching biographical portrait of one (very) special lady, so we definitely think it deserves your full attention. Jean-Pierre Pruvot – anyone out there familiar with this name? Or, should I say: Marie-Pierre Pruvot? Does it ring any bells? Let’s face it – this probably means nothing to you. But, we’re actually talking about a French transsexual woman who performed under the stage name Bambi in a transgender showgirl revue at Le Carrousel de Paris...
- 2/12/2013
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
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