10 minutes, one garden, infinite possibilities. Cruising gets a sapphic remix where every glance might be déjà vu.
In Paris X cruises the Tuileries for sex. X hooks up with Y. Have they met before? Will they meet again? Y suppresses a knowing smile and that is enough for X. A lesbian version of CRUISING filmed at the infamous gay male cruising site in the Jardin des Tuileries in front of the Louvre in Paris, France.
Cinematography
Tuileries at dusk— every frame is stolen intimacy in public.
Direction
Verow turns Friedkin's menace into something playful and recursive.
Director
Todd Verow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Verow explicitly conceived this as direct queer feminist response to Friedkin's CRUISING (1980), which protestors denounced for linking gay male sexuality with violence.
The Tuileries garden was historically a notorious gay male cruising ground; Verow and Minx shot without permits during actual golden hour, blending performers with real passersby.
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