Wild Side (2004 film)

Infobox Film
name = Wild Side

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image_size =
caption =Movie poster
director = Sébastien Lifshitz
producer = Gilles Sandoz
writer = Stéphane Bouquet
Sébastien Lifshitz
narrator =
starring = Stéphanie Michelini
Yasmine Belmadi
Edouard Nikitine
music = Jocelyn Pook
cinematography = Agnès Godard
editing = Stéphanie Mahet
distributor = Wellspring Media (USA)
Peccadillo Pictures Ltd. (UK)
released = flagicon|Germany February 8 2004
flagicon|France April 14 2004
flagicon|Belgium September 25 2004
flagicon|UK April 15 2005
flagicon|USA June 10 2005
runtime = 93 mins.
country = Belgium
France
United Kingdom
language = English, Russian, French
budget =
gross = $15,355 (USA sub-total)
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amg_id = 1:308149
imdb_id = 0364120

"Wild Side" is a 2004 award-winning French/Belgian/British drama film directed by Sébastien Lifshitz. It premiered at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival.

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 Algerian hustler and an AWOL Russian 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 as Djamel
* Edouard Nikitine as Mikhail
* Josiane Stoléru as the mother
* Aurélie Guichard
* Antony Hegarty as the singer
* Liliane Nataf
* Christophe Sermet as Nicolas

Awards

In 2004 "Wild Side" won two awards, including the Teddy Award, at the Berlin Film Festival, the Special Jury Award at the Gijón International Film Festival, the Grand Jury Award at L.A. Outfest and the New Director's Showcase Award at the Seattle International Film Festival.

External links

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* [http://www.wellspring.com/movies/movie.html?movie_id=48 Page at Wellspring Media]