France doesn’t make many gay comedy movies. There’s La Cage aux Folles and… umm, that’s it. But the latest, The Shiny Shrimps, could be this summer’s feelgood film. Inspired by a real-life gay water polo team, it’s not subtle and includes every cliché in the book, including the homophobe who realises the error of his ways, but it’s such fun that none of that matters. It’s co-directed by Cédric le Gallo, a member of the real Shiny Shrimps, alias Les Crevettes Pailletées, and established filmmaker Maxime Govare.
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