One-off
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Director(s):
SIMONNET (OLIVIER)
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Producer(s):
13 PRODUCTIONS, POP'FILMS, ARTE FRANCE
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Territories:
Europe (except United Kingdom).
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Production year:
2025
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Language(s):
German, English, French
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Rights:
TV, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
With his high-pitched voice and unique stage presence, Jimmy Somerville left his mark on the 1980s, making us dance to forget. First with Bronski Beat, then The Communards, and then with his solo career, he has had a lasting influence on British pop without ever betraying his own identity. Meet a pop and gay icon whose hits "Smalltown Boy" and "Don't Leave Me This Way" remain timeless.
A high-pitched voice on new wave hits, a stage presence that's both charismatic and discreet, Jimmy Somerville arrived in the 80’s like an elf whose mission was to make us dance to forget. But forget what? Survival of the fittest in the working-class suburbs of Glasgow? The life of a gay teenager in a world that didn't give him any way out? His introduction to music, London and the New Wave? The tragedy of AIDS, which killed his friends when he was at the prime of his youth? The singer's songs are undoubtedly about all these things. A fight for respect and for the right to have a serene life that he has never been willing to give up, despite all the obstacles and hazards, some of them sordid. 40 years after his first hits, he is still here, with his exceptional voice and is still true to himself. And yet, his career path could have led him away from his origins or sidelined him from the stage.