Messer im Herz (2018)

Messer im Herz: Directed by Yann Gonzalez. With Vanessa Paradis, Nicolas Maury, Kate Moran, Jonathan Genet. Paris, summer 1979. Anne is a producer of cheap gay porn. When Lois, her editor and companion, leaves her, she attempts to get her back by making a more ambitious film with the flamboyant Archibald.

“This is basically a slasher. A gay, porn-fest of a slasher featuring Vanessa Paradis and a host of others with very limited on-screen time before they come a cropper at the hands of a queer version of the grim reaper – one who has an hell of an imagination when it comes to dispatching people! The story is a little ridiculous, though it can be a provocative too; and it generally holds together in an entertaining way building to a slightly daft climax that – appropriately – takes place in what looks like a brothel… Features an always welcome Félix Maritaud too.”