Trailer
Closing Night – Solo
Sun
19
Sun 19 Nov 7:30 PM
Selling Fast
The Astor
Wheelchair
General Admission
Unclassified 15+
103 Mins | CanadaArrivals from 7:00pm for a 7:30pm screening.
Ticket includes access to MQFF’s Closing Night Party.
Finish your festival in style with MQFF’s Closing Night celebration, with complimentary hospitality by MQFF partners: Squealing Pig Wines, Melbourne Gin Company and Mountain Goat Beer. Closing Night is all about drag and you’ll be seeing a lot of it, on and off screen. Dressing on theme is highly encouraged as we close out another incredible season of MQFF.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Simon (rising star Théodore Pellerin) is a skilled make-up artist who, by night, is a mainstay of Montreal’s exuberant drag scene. His performances are elevated upon hooking up with the charismatic Olivier (Félix Maritaud), a French drag artiste who becomes his partner on and off stage. Their chemistry is electric… yet might not Olivier be a touch… manipulative – nay, domineering? When word reaches Simon that his long-absent opera diva mother, Claire (Anne-Marie Cadieux) will be passing through town, Simon struggles with validation issues. Are either capable of affording him the respect he so yearns for?
This wonderful character study from writer-director Sophie Dupuis (Underground) is brimming over with authenticity, emotion and – of course – fabulous drag performances!
“A CAPTIVATING CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE THAT EXPLORES THE INTRICATE FACETS OF IDENTITY, LOVE, AND THE PERFORMANCE OF SELF IN A WORLD THAT OFTEN DEMANDS CONFORMITY.” - RODRIGO COKTING, LAYERED BUTTER.
Ticket includes access to MQFF’s Closing Night Party.
Finish your festival in style with MQFF’s Closing Night celebration, with complimentary hospitality by MQFF partners: Squealing Pig Wines, Melbourne Gin Company and Mountain Goat Beer. Closing Night is all about drag and you’ll be seeing a lot of it, on and off screen. Dressing on theme is highly encouraged as we close out another incredible season of MQFF.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Simon (rising star Théodore Pellerin) is a skilled make-up artist who, by night, is a mainstay of Montreal’s exuberant drag scene. His performances are elevated upon hooking up with the charismatic Olivier (Félix Maritaud), a French drag artiste who becomes his partner on and off stage. Their chemistry is electric… yet might not Olivier be a touch… manipulative – nay, domineering? When word reaches Simon that his long-absent opera diva mother, Claire (Anne-Marie Cadieux) will be passing through town, Simon struggles with validation issues. Are either capable of affording him the respect he so yearns for?
This wonderful character study from writer-director Sophie Dupuis (Underground) is brimming over with authenticity, emotion and – of course – fabulous drag performances!
“A CAPTIVATING CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE THAT EXPLORES THE INTRICATE FACETS OF IDENTITY, LOVE, AND THE PERFORMANCE OF SELF IN A WORLD THAT OFTEN DEMANDS CONFORMITY.” - RODRIGO COKTING, LAYERED BUTTER.