The Invisible (2012) ( Les Invisibles )

The Invisible (2012) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Les Invisibles
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
112 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Sébastien Lifshitz

Written By:
Sébastien Lifshitz

Actors:
Bernard ..... Lui-même
Catherine ..... Elle-même
Christian ..... Lui-même
Thérèse Clerc ..... Elle-mê
Elisabeth ..... Elle-même
Jacques ..... Lui-même
Monique ..... Elle-même
Pierre ..... Lui-même
Pierrot ..... Lui-même
Yann ..... Lui-même

Synopsis:

Eleven men and women born between the wars. Seemingly they have nothing in common except their homosexuality and growing up in a less open, more intolerant society. Now in their 60s and 70s, they tell their personal stories, either shared or alone. These lives are often revealing and pioneering as they recall their personal experiences. Sébastien Lifshitz, director of Presque Rien and Wild Side, offers us intimate portraits of gay and lesbian life from an older generation who often remain ignored and unheard in a youth-obsessed society. Winner of the César Award for Best Documentary, and nominated for the BFI London Film Festival Grierson Award, LES INVISIBLES is an affectionate but frank account that is in turn touching and amusing, reflecting our own concerns about growing old.

Les Invisibles (The Invisible) of the title are a group men and women born between the two world wars. They have nothing in common except they are all gay and that they decided to be open about their homosexuality at a time when society rejected them. Despite general disapproval, they refused to deny who they actually were, thus maintaining their integrity. Today they talk before Sébastien Lifshitz's camera. Without hate. Without bitterness. With cheerful dignity.

Several elderly homosexual men and women speak frankly about their pioneering lives, their fearless decision to live openly in France at a time when society rejected them.

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