Reminder: film: The King of Escape at Clay @ Thu Oct 29 9:30pm – 10:30pm (Queer Things)

more details » film: The King of Escape at Clay The King of Escape Alain Guiraudie (Le roi de l'évasion, France 2009) http://www.sffs.org/content.aspx?catid=8,38,56&pageid=1341 Director Alain Guiraudie in person: This inspired comedy from decidedly offbeat writer-director Alain Guiraudie (No Rest for the Brave) chronicles the midlife crisis of a pudgy, gay tractor salesman (Ludovic Berthillot, in a shrewdly and hilariously minimal performance) who, for a change of pace, runs away with a 16-year-old beauty (a charmingly earnest Hafsia Herzi, who also shone in Abdellatif Kechiche's The Secret of the Grain, SFIFF 2008). The young woman finds herself smitten with her unlikely knight after he defends her (with cash, not brawn) from a group of toughs. After a clumsy consummation of their ardor, the unexpected lovers find themselves pursued by the girl's father (Luc Palun), a rival tractor salesman, his associates and the local police. But the pursuit narrative is arguably only an excuse for an exquisite assortment of lovingly drawn eccentric characters, who in this delightful film prove a fully justified raison d'être. Thursday, October 29, 9:30 pm; Friday, October 30, 7:00 pm Landmark's Clay Theatre, 2261 Fillmore St When Thu Oct 29 9:30pm – 10:30pm Pacific Time Calendar Queer Things Who • larrybob@gmail.com - creator

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