BAMBI
synopsis
Bambi was born Jean-Pierre Pruvot in a tiny Algerian village in 1935. Even as a child, she refused to meet the expectations of her extended family, choosing instead to find a way to become the woman she always knew herself to be. A Cabaret Carrousel de Paris performance in Algiers in the 1950s proved to be all the encouragement she needed to emigrate to the French capital, assume the stage name of ‘Bambi’ and lead the life she longed for on the music-hall stages. Jean-Pierre, known since then as Marie-Pierre, is now 77 years old. Hers is a story of deep-seated confusion, painful rejection and impassioned courage. An impressive collage of photographs and chansons, archive footage, excerpts from feature films, Super-8 clips and visits to the places of her childhood provides a sensitive chronicle of her liberating transformation into a radiant transsexual woman.
original title: | Bambi |
country: | France |
sales agent: | The Party Film Sales |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Sébastien Lifshitz |
film run: | 57' |
release date: | FR 19/06/2013 |
producer: | Carole Mirabello, Michèle Fourniols |
co-producer: | Daniel Chabannes de Sars, Corentin Dong-Jin Sénéchal |
production: | Un Monde Meilleur, Epicentre Films |
distributor: | Epicentre Films |