Three Nights a Week
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2023
March 2 - 12, 2023
Trapped in a dead-end retail job while trying to develop his photography portfolio, Baptiste (Pablo Pauly) is in search of a subject for his art—but, in writer-director Florent Gouëlou’s feature debut, the choice to follow drag performer Cookie Kunty (Romain Eck) and document the rituals of the drag world ultimately leads him on a profound journey of self-discovery.
Q&A with Florent Gouëlou on March 11. Join Gouëlou for a free talk on March 10 at 4pm.
Baptiste (Pablo Pauly) first meets drag performer Cookie Kunty (Romain Eck) on the streets while volunteering at a public-health clinic alongside his girlfriend, Samia (The Secret of the Grain’s Hafsia Herzi). Trapped in a dead-end retail job while trying to develop his photography portfolio, Baptiste is in search of a subject for his art—but, in writer-director Florent Gouëlou’s feature debut, the choice to follow Cookie and document the rituals of the drag world ultimately leads him on a profound journey of self-discovery. Himself a drag performer under the name Javel Habibi, Gouëlou takes Baptiste and viewers on a deep dive into the world of drag performance and culture, depicted with loving, joyous accuracy thanks to the contributions of 40 French drag artists at work both in front of and behind the camera.
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