aGLIFF’s Queer Spectrum Monthly Screening Series continues in October with BESTIES, a fresh coming-of-age story from French Director & Screenwriter Marion Desseigne-Ravel.
It’s summertime in Paris and Nedjma is spending her days drifting between the local community centre and hanging out with her squad, who are planning a much-anticipated trip to the beach. However, everything changes when her path collides with Zina, the newly arrived cousin of the leader of a rival squad. Nedjima and Zina are destined to be mortal enemies. But through a shared love of music and an instant spark, a very different relationship begins to brew. Will Nedjima’s loyalties ultimately lie with her squad or her first love? With characters that are first-generation children of immigrants inhabiting a Paris council estate, Besties is a fresh coming-of-age story focusing on teen girls whose stories are rarely told in queer cinema.  Remixing Romeo and Juliet for the Instagram generation, Desseigne-Ravel’s debut feature is an engrossing and touching tale of first love.
Wednesday, October 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the Galaxy Theatres in Austin.