Romy & Laure… and the secret of the furniture man

France
2019
fr
en
6'

Direction: Romy Alizée Laure Giappiconi

Between parties with their gang of super girlfriends, occasional Boy-Gifts and Amazonian explorations, life passes quietly for Laure and Romy... But one evening..." In this photographic-cinematic tale (for adults), Romy and Laure are faced with a mysterious, terrifying apparition: a man. But they soon realise he isn't so threatening after all... A photographic film that shakes up the rule book with lots of humour.

Romy & Laure… and the secret of the furniture man

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Synopsis

Between parties with their gang of super girlfriends, occasional Boy-Gifts and Amazonian explorations, life passes quietly for Laure and Romy... But one evening..." In this photographic-cinematic tale (for adults), Romy and Laure are faced with a mysterious, terrifying apparition: a man. But they soon realise he isn't so threatening after all... A photographic film that shakes up the rule book with lots of humour.

What you will find in this film

A photographic narration • A nod to the photo-novel • A feminine reappropriation of erotic codes • A photographic-cinematic tale for adults

Keywords

Women photographers Artist and models Nude Black & White

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The authors/artists

Laure Giappiconi

Further exploration

Chair à canons : Photographie, discours, féminisme
Abigail Salomon Godeau, Editions Textuel, Paris, 2016

Masculinities: Liberation Through Photography
Collective, Prestel Verlag, Munich, 2020

My Life as a Man
Carmen Winant, Horse Think Press, USA, 2015

Photography : a feminist history
Anthology, 256 pages, pub. Tate, London, 2021

Photo-Novel
Collective, Mucem, Marseille (F) 2017

FemmesPHOTOgraphes, la revue, N°11
Collective, periodical, pub. FemmesPHOTOgraphes, Bagnolet

https://www.romyalizee.fr

http://www.femmesphotographes.eu