Check out the trailer for ‘Queens of Drama,’ a new film starring newcomers Louiza Aura and Gio Ventura alongside Asia Argento, Alma Jodorowsky, and France’s 2019 Eurovision singer Bilal Hassani. Alexis Langlois’ glittercore, 2000s-set queer pop musical opens from Altered Innocence on April 18, 2025.
An outrageous lesbian pop musical satire inspired by the pop frenzy of the early 2000s, ‘Queens of Drama’ charts the rise and fall of new star Mimi Madamour and her passionate, rage-fueled love affair with punk icon Billie Kohler. Over the course of half a century we follow these drama queens as they top the charts and set sail on the course of mad queer love. Featuring an iconic cast, including Asia Argento and Alma Jodorowsky, and containing hit songs like ‘Don’t Touch’ by Yelle and ‘Fisted to the Heart’, this film vividly dissects the turbulence of toxic relationships—whether between fans and their idols or within passionate queer love affairs. Director Alexis Langlois brings his trademark glittercore pop-punk aesthetic to create a vibrant, unforgettable spectacle of music and passion.
Featuring music by Rebeka Warrior and French electronic band Yelle, plus composers Mona Soyoc and Pierre Desprats. ‘Queens of Drama’ is produced by Inès Daien Dasi and co-produced by Benoit Rolland. The film will open at Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn on April 18, expanding to additional Alamos across the country on April 25 before further expanding to North American theaters in May. More details can be found at www.alteredinnocence.net/queensofdrama
An enfant terrible of the new French queer cinema, Langlois first began by filming his friends, demons, and revolts in a series of short films and music videos which gradually shaped his glittercore universe further marked by political satire and poetry. Following TERROR, SISTERS!, which won the Grand Prix at Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux, and THE DEMONS OF DOROTHY, which garnered the Silver Leopard and the Grand Jury Prize for Young Jury at Locarno in 2021, he directed his first feature film, QUEENS OF DRAMA, which made its premiere at the Critics’ Week at Cannes in 2024. The film continued on to screen at Austin’s Fantastic Fest, TIFF Next Wave, BFI London, Newfest, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, New Horizons Film Festival in Poland, and more.
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