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Run time:
95 min.
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US
Gay Parisian Jerome is heart-broken and facing another dreary winter without a boyfriend. Rather than face another humiliating encounter with his ex and the new boy, he impulsively books a solo Christmas vacation to Los Angeles. Optimistic and naïve, Jerome jets to L.A., fresh with a new-found determination to become a movie star.
Upon arrival, though, it’s more drag queen than Tinsel Town as he meets one intriguing character after another.
He finds solace in an artsy flophouse run by the jaded Norma Desire (Michael Airington, in a superb performance), and befriends Ross (Chad Allen), an HIV-positive pothead, who has more than bong hits on his mind once he sets his sights on Jerome. He falls in with a sex worker, visits a bathhouse, and begins an endless round of auditions, casting calls, and meetings with handlers. Telling himself that he’s over his ex, Jerome bounds from adventure to adventure, searching for that magic combination of happiness and professional recognition.
Reveling in the seediness of L.A., Hollywood je t’aime is a love letter to the lives that play out far from the star-studded film premieres. Played out with delicious charm by newcomer Eric Debets, the main role was entirely written for the young Frenchman, who in real life does toil away in an office, dreaming of stardom. With this bright, funny and completely captivating film under his belt, it’s safe to say that he’s on his way.
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