Today at the festival

Monday 14 September

18H00 - Cinéma Méliès - Montreuil - 20 years shorts of strange

19H30 - Cinéma Méliès - Montreuil

In the presence of the team.
Glen or Glenda
Glen or Glenda poster
  • Glen or Glenda
  • 1953.
  • Black and white.
  • 65 mn.
  • Original version with French subtitles.
  • Directed by : Edward D. Wood Jr.
  • Produced by : George Weiss.
  • Screenplay by : Edward D. Wood Jr.
  • With : Edward D. Wood Jr, Dolores Fuller, Bela Lugosi.
  • Country : USA.
  • Genre : Drama.

Scientists address the case of Glen, transsexual male who likes to call himself Glenda and Alan-Anne, called « pseudo-hermaphrodite » Are they mad or are these genetic anomalies?

Mostly famous for his unlikely Plan 9 From Outer Space, he who has been called the worst filmmaker of the world, signs here its most personal film, in which he plays the first part, the autobiographical role of Glen, the man who steals his fiancée's angora sweaters. From this maelstrom of awkwardness and candid amateurism is born a strange poetry with nutty experiments presented by the actor who will become faithful to the director: Bela Lugosi and his inimitable “Bivare, bivaaaaaare...

Sunday 13 September 2015 - 18:45 - Showroom 300 - Presented by Guy Maddin