"Lost in Frenchlation is a Paris-based club that runs screenings of French films - both new releases and timeless classics - with English subtitles, in order to allow language learners to appreciate the offerings of French cinema."
"Passionate and powerful drama starring Melvil Poupaud as the secretly trans thirtysomething novelist and literature professor of the title, who refuses to live a lie any longer and sets out on a new life as a woman."
"A homophobic and ageing swimming champion is offered one last shot at redemption by coaching a stereotypically flamboyant gay water polo team at the Gay Games. From the billing alone, you know exactly what's going to happen - and, pretty much, how it's going to happen. A sequel - La revanche des Crevettes Pailletées ( The Shiny Shrimps Strike Back ) was released in 2022."
"Lost in Frenchlation celebrates Pride Month with 11 screenings of films with LGBTQ themes, from classics to recent releases."
Lost in Frenchlation is a Paris-based cinema club that screens French films, including new releases and classic titles, with English subtitles for language learners. For Pride Month in June 2026, the club schedules 11 LGBTQ-themed screenings across multiple Paris venues. The lineup includes Winter Boy, a sensitive drama about a 17-year-old student coping with his father’s violent death. Laurence Anyways follows a secretly trans novelist and literature professor who chooses to live openly as a woman. The Shiny Shrimps centers on a homophobic ageing swimming champion coaching a flamboyant gay water polo team at the Gay Games, with a sequel released in 2022. Screenings include scheduled drinks or tea before showtimes.
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