Wild Side is a 2004 drama film directed by Sébastien Lifshitz

Sébastien Lifshitz

Sébastien Lifshitz is a French screenwriter and director. He teaches at La Fémis, a school that focuses on the subject of image and sound. He studied at the École du Louvre, and has a bachelor's degree from the University of Paris in history of art.Lifshitz's work involves gay themes...

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Premiere

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d at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival

Berlin International Film Festival

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Plot

Stéphanie, a transsexual prostitute (Stéphanie Michelini) travels to a small town to care for her sick mother. She is joined by her two flatmates, an Algeria

Algeria

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n hustler and an AWOL Russia

Russia

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n soldier. Both men fall in love with Stéphanie and she decides to have a relationship with them both.

Cast

• Stéphanie Michelini as Stéphanie
• Yasmine Belmadi
  Yasmine Belmadi
  Yasmine Belmadi was a French actor of Algerian parents. He appeared in 13 films, and had completed his final role, in a television production, the day before his death.-Biography:...
  
   as Djamel
• Edouard Nikitine as Mikhail
• Josiane Stoléru as the mother
• Aurélie Guichard
• Antony Hegarty
  Antony Hegarty
  Antony Hegarty is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons.-Early life:...
  
   as the singer
• Liliane Nataf
• Christophe Sermet as Nicolas

Awards

In 2004 Wild Side won two awards, including the Teddy Award

Teddy Award

The Teddy Award is an international film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival . Here, an "independent jury" implies that its members are not officially selected by the committee of the Berlinale...

, at the Berlin Film Festival, the Special Jury Award at the Gijón International Film Festival

Gijón International Film Festival

Gijón International Film Festival was created in 1963. It was born as an initiative of the local authority and it was sponsored mainly by Gijón City Council and the then Caja de Ahorros de Asturias ; both institutions are still the main organisers of the festival, along with funding from the...

, the Grand Jury Award at L.A. Outfest and the New Director's Showcase Award at the Seattle International Film Festival

Seattle International Film Festival

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External links

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