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Danny (Thierry Pépin) is a stunningly good-looking teenager and has begun to use those looks to his benefit - working as model and stripper. The drawback? Everyone is convinced he's gay, and they certainly have reasons to believe that's so. Besides his career and flawless appearance, Danny also has an openly gay father (who's radically opposed to his career ambitions), and his mom (who died of an overdose) was a beautiful model diva! Is he gay? How can he not be? Outwardly rebelling against people's expectations, Danny internally isn't so sure - perhaps he is gay. This leads to a serious identity crisis, a delve into pornography and an affair with Karine, a deeply voyeuristic photographer.

Openly gay director Denis Langlois (whose 1997 L'Escorte is an overlooked favorite of ours) expertly handles this complex, sophisticated examination of one man's coming to grips with being a lily amongst a field of tulips. Of course, by taking place in strip clubs and modeling studios, the film's plentiful eye candy doesn't hurt! (French with English subtitles)

Lawrence Ferber