The Shiny Shrimps

The Shiny Shrimps (French: Les Crevettes pailletées) is a 2019 French sports comedy film directed by Cédric Le Gallo and Maxime Govare.[1] The film stars Nicolas Gob as Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic swimming champion who makes a homophobic comment in a television interview, and is disciplined by the national swim team with the responsibility of coaching a gay water polo team who aspire to compete in the Gay Games.[2]

The Shiny Shrimps
French theatrical release poster
FrenchLes Crevettes pailletées
Directed by
  • Cédric Le Gallo
  • Maxime Govare
Produced by
  • Renaud Chélélékian
  • Édouard Duprey
Written by
  • Cédric Le Gallo
  • Maxime Govare
Starring
Music by
  • Thomas Couzinier
  • Frédéric Kooshmanian
CinematographyJérôme Alméras
Edited bySamuel Danési
Production
companies
  • Les Improductibles
  • Kaly Productions
Distributed byUniversal Pictures International
Release date
  • 19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) (L'Alpe d'Huez)
  • 8 May 2019 (2019-05-08) (France)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The film premiered at the L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival on 19 January 2019, and was released theatrically in France on 8 May 2019.

Synopsis

Mathias Le Goff is a world vice-champion swimmer. After making homophobic comments during a television interview, he was sanctioned to train the glittering Shiny Shrimp, a gay water polo team, for three months for their participation in the Gay Games in Croatia. Two worlds that everything seems to oppose will have to team up as best they can.


Cast

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 73% based on reviews from 26 critics.[3]

Movie received much support in public through popular presentations that included local LGBTI+/queer athletes.

  • Authors presenting the movie Berlin's MonGay program of Kino International, 2019
  • 'Berlin Aquaholics' water polo players joined for talk

In the pandemic movie remained popular suggestion in LGBT+ media listings of Video on Demand[4][5]

References
  1. "« Les Crevettes pailletées » opte pour un éloge convenu de la différence". Le Monde, May 8, 2019.
  2. Boyd Van Hoeij, "'The Shiny Shrimps' ('Les Crevettes pailletees'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2019.
  3. "The Shiny Shrimps (Les Crevettes pailletées) (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. "Queerfilmnacht - Rückblick". web.archive.org. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  5. "Die glitzernden Garnelen – SISSYMAG" (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2020.


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