The real show happens backstage where glitter meets exhaustion and sisterhood saves everything.
Dona welcomes us inside the parisian erotic cabaret she works at. The hollow corridors act as a second stage where she and her colleagues get ready and share their thoughts.
Direction
Filloux refuses to look away from the unglamorous reality.
Cinematography
Those hollow corridors feel like liminal purgatory — gorgeous and sad.
Director
Zoé Filloux
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
French erotic cabaret has a complicated legacy — from Moulin Rouge tourist trap to feminist reclamation projects like this one.
Filloux worked as a bartender at this same cabaret for two years before filming; Dona was her actual coworker.
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