Handsome, shallow, and ultra-muscular, Jim Queen is a gay influencer content to live off his looks. Thin, insecure, and closeted, Lucien is one of Jim’s many followers. When the gym-bod god gets infected with Heterosis — a drug manufactured by the far-right that causes heterosexuality — the two men must join forces and find a cure for straightness before Jim’s online clout runs out.
Brought to life by directors Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané, Jim Queen is a perfect satirical creation: Jim’s vanity and superficiality make for a great sendup of gay “body fascism”. Of course, the filmmakers reserve much of their scorn for homophobic conservatism, and the inversion of homo- and heterosexuality is provocative and hilarious. From the opening musical number to the spoof of conversion therapy to an outrageous Trojan-horse gag and beyond, Jim Queen is a raucous delight.
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Marco Nguyen, Nicolas Athané
Jérémy Gillet, Alex Ramirès, Shirley Souagnon, François Sagat, Philippe Katerine, Elisabeth Wiener
France
2026
In French with English subtitles
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Credits
Producer
David Alric, Arthur Delabays
Screenwriter
Nicolas Athané, Simon Balteaux, Brice Chevillard, Marco Nguyen
ANIM
Stefan Thaler, Julien Licata, Estelle Antonini
Editor
Ivy Buirette
Original Music
Matthie Rosenzweig, Benjamin Nakache
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