Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques
Lorenz Meran is a successful middle-aged gay writer who is struggling with writers block when he gets called back home after his elderly mother has a stroke. Rosie is a feisty old bird and unlike Lorenz and his perpetually unhappy sibling Sophie, she seems to be the one member of this family who likes to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques
Approaching his 60th birthday after having just come through a life threatening illness, Chris Muth a Professor of Management at a High School of Engineering in Geneva decides it’s time for a change. However he’s not thinking about a conventional retirement to a cottage by the sea, or even taking a World Cruise like other senior citizens, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques
Madame is one of those intimate autobiographical movies that draws you in at the very first scene. In this case because we see the elegant elderly Caroline Della Beffa who is the grandmother of the filmmaker and the story of their relationship is the main crux of this delightful and enchanting documentary. Stephane Riethauser … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques
Even though he led a very closeted life, Ernst Ostertag went out in public to a gay Ball held by The Circle Magazine and met and fell in love with Robi Rapp, a drag act who was performing there that night, who would later become his life partner. The year was 1956, and the city was … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques
Alice and Frank have been married for 18 years and are moving with their three children (and Taski their pet rabbit) to a new apartment in the Swiss countryside. From the outside they seem like the perfect nuclear family but as they arrange their furniture and settle into their new home, Alice notices that her … Continue reading
