CURIOSA

1895; Pierre is a Parisian dandy and poet on the verge of fame. He and his poet friend Henri are both madly in love with Marie, the cheeky daughter of their mentor, Franco-Cuban poet José-Maria de Heredia. Although she loves Pierre, obeying her father she marries Henri to pay off her father's debt and in search of a better social position. Thereupon Pierre decides to flee to Algeria and there meets Zohar, with whom he shares a passion for erotic photography. Returning to Paris with her two years later, he finds Marie again, who confesses that he is the one she loves. They start a case against the backdrop of Paris's erotic photography, in a cat-and-mouse game with people who involve their lives and breaking the codes set by society.

LU ŽENE / LOU JEUNET
Former student at Femis, Lou Jeunet is a award-winning French screenwriter and director of television films. She won two awards at the prestigious Monte Carlo TV Festival, as well as an Emmy Award nomination for International Programme. Curiousa is her first feature film.

L’éveil sexuel est quelque chose qui a traversé les âges, les générations, mais jamais de la même façon. Ici, le film décrit cette découverte via un corps ingénu, prude, presque innocent, mais à travers les actes d’un homme.
Samuel Regnard, Cineseries