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Summer Nights (2014)

Summer Nights poster
Original title
Les Nuits d'été
Directed by
Mario Fanfani
Genre
drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
(Venice Film Festival)
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married man in France leads a double life as a cross-dressing performer named Mylène. The film follows his efforts to balance his family responsibilities with his secret identity.

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What happens

Summer Nights (French: Les nuits d'été) is a French drama film, directed by Mario Fanfani and released in 2014. The film stars Guillaume de Tonquédec as Michel, a married man who has a secret life as a cross-dresser who goes by the drag name Mylène. The film premiered at the 2014 Venice Film Festival, where it won the Queer Lion award as the best LGBTQ-themed film of the festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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