Bel Ami
In a frozen town unwilling to stagnate, a middle-aged man meets true love and decides to come out of the closet.A lesbian couple decides to look for a gay man to marry and have a child.Behind their fiery love stories is an absurd drama of identity politics.
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In a frozen town unwilling to stagnate, a middle-aged man meets true love and decides to come out of the closet. A lesbian couple decides to look for a gay man to marry and have a child. Behind their fiery love stories is an absurd drama of identity politics. The ghost of communism often wanders around the lonely souls.
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- Release date
- Apr 26, 2025
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
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- Language
- English, Mandarin
- Country
- France
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