Man Is a Woman
– Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, ..
Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homophobic uncle, looking to continue the family legacy – if he gets married and has a child, he will receive ten million francs and inherit his uncle's luxurious mansion. After meeting Rosalie Baumann at his cousin David's wedding, and with some convincing on his mother's part, Simon sees an opportunity to fulfill his uncle's wishes and the pair go ahead and get married, but not before traveling to New York to meet Rosalie's Orthodox Jewish family. As Simon tries to develop real feelings for Rosalie, he struggles with his feelings for his newlywed cousin David.
11 Mar 1998
French, Yiddish, English
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Gilles Taurand, Joële Van Effenterre (story), Jean-Jacques Zilbermann (screenplay), Jean-Jacques Zilbermann (story)
Antoine de Caunes, Elsa Zylberstein, Gad Elmaleh, Michel Aumont
Klezmer musician Simon Eskanazy wrestles with his gay nature. His conservative, orthodox family, Parisian bankers, expects him to carry on the family name by marriage. However he's irresistibly drawn to attractive young men, from gay sauna visitors to, surprisingly, the hunky son of devout New York uncle Salomon. Still, Simon secures his considerable inheritance by wedding Rosalie Baumann, that ideal lover's sister, a grand family affair. This 'investment' will only pay off if it produces another generation, but the marriage goes sour.
1 win & 1 nomination.