Philippe Barassat

An unsettling journey into the darkest corners of human desire. EROS & ARTHANATOS, directed by Domiziano Cristopharo and Cristo Gil Diaz, is an unfiltered documentary exploring the taboo world of necrophilia. Through historical accounts, psychological insights, and cinematic representations, the film dissects the intersection of love, death, and obsession. Blending expert interviews, archival footage, and artistic interpretations, EROS & ARTHANATOS challenges conventional morality, delving into the disturbing yet fascinating realm where eroticism and mortality collide.

During the first confinement of 2020, Rémi, a versatile queer artist, met a young Ivorian, Aboubakar, who was sleeping on the street at Saint-Charles station in Marseille. Finding him rather lively, intelligent and funny, he suggests that he move into his home, a modest 18 m2 studio with a balcony. Rémi doesn't take long to flirt with the young man more and more openly. Will Aboubakar give in to the insistent advances of this man whose sexuality and way of life are in every way different from his?

A story of a very ordinary man who just happens to be necrophile. (He is also like to eat cockroaches.) Problems begins when his pretty orphan cousin came to live with him...

A story of a very ordinary man who just happens to be necrophile. (He is also like to eat cockroaches.) Problems begins when his pretty orphan cousin came to live with him...

Aldo, a young male nurse, is Lucie’s boyfriend, who is a student. When he loses his job, he desperately needs to find money so that he can keep paying for his fiancée’s studies. Persuaded by two blind friends of Lucie, he ends up becoming a sexbuddie for handicapped people, both men and women. Keeping this a secret from his fiancée, Aldo embarks on a new life that will totally transform him.

Aldo, a young male nurse, is Lucie’s boyfriend, who is a student. When he loses his job, he desperately needs to find money so that he can keep paying for his fiancée’s studies. Persuaded by two blind friends of Lucie, he ends up becoming a sexbuddie for handicapped people, both men and women. Keeping this a secret from his fiancée, Aldo embarks on a new life that will totally transform him.

After eating Bavavia's pink pickles, a guy has a hard time digesting his food. He recomposes them. Become a scientific case, his life escapes him.

Lisa and Corinne are personal assistants to people with disabilities. Lisa is happily married and have two kids. Corinne is in and out of love affairs. One day Lisa meet an airline pilot who charms her and she can't say no to.

Lisa and Corinne are personal assistants to people with disabilities. Lisa is happily married and have two kids. Corinne is in and out of love affairs. One day Lisa meet an airline pilot who charms her and she can't say no to.

A nine-year-old boy is obsessed with the sizable penis of his older friend.

A nine-year-old boy is obsessed with the sizable penis of his older friend.

In 2029, Europe is under the rule of far-right regimes. In France, the National Party has just come to power. Homosexuality is criminalized across Europe, except in France. Abou, a gay migrant, arrives in Marseille to seek asylum. Left homeless, he endures the violence of life on the streets. When he finally manages to contact the only association authorized by the regime to assist migrants, he is confronted with a brutal reality.

The love story between Jean, a great French writer and his/her young mistress Marie Louise, ends during a long break from which each emerges willy-nilly, until fate puts them face to face with one another. In one version of the film, the main couple is made up of a man and a woman, in the other version, two women.

Zena lost her parents as a very young girl, and though she was born in Albania, only knows about life in Paris. She was raised by her uncle Selman, whom she is about to leave behind in order to start a new life in New York. Just before she leave, however, she hears of an Albanian who is being detained by French authorities for want of the proper paperwork. Ordinarily, that would not capture her attention. However, Vladimir, who is the man in question, claims to have information that Zena's father is not dead, and could be located. Zena postpones her trip to speak with Vladimir and, once he is free to travel, they begin to try and explore his information. There is only one problem in their traveling around France together: he doesn't speak a word of French, and she doesn't speak a word of Albanian. Somehow, they manage to communicate, and they eventually become lovers.

Her distant husband refusing to join, a mother spends the holidays alone with her children for the first time. Lost in her life, she opens up to a seducing and strange and young man, who slowly draws her into his dark trap.

Miss Jacobonot, a schoolteacher, has a crush on Jimmy, a student in her class. Jimmy loves to tell stories. But his teachers kick him out of school and sent him to an institute for unsuitable children.

Sophie, a young girl falls in love with a guy who only dates fat girls. One day, she approaches him, but he speaks Spanish. She will then learn her language. But he disappears and she doesn't know what to do with her life.

A film made up of 4 baroque, kitsch, queer and colorful shorts including the controversial cult "My buBuddy Rachid" and "The Elephants of the Planet Mars"

A collection of gay and lesbian short films. The 8 short films are: My Friend Rachid [Mon copain Rachid] (1998); I Can Just Imagine [Je vois déjà le titre] (1998); Troubled Waters [Ô trouble] (1999); The Abandon [L'abandon] (1996); Paulo and His Brother [Paulo et son frère] (1997); Emma & Louise (2000); The Life of Others [La vie des autres] (2000); Aniel (1998).