Jean Claude Grenier

Documentary about the late actor Jean-Claude Grenier, a French man who was born with brittle bones, but managed to become an actor, working on the theater version of Tod Browning's classic film "Freaks", touring Europe with ARCHAOS circus.

It's a grim world of prostitution, drug dens, transvestites, junkies and murderers. The seediest side of urban life is examined in this tragedy. The film follows the complex, interwoven lives of four characters as they live their harsh and gritty nocturnal lives on the city streets. The main characters are Fifi a pickpocket who is simultaneously involved with Divine, a transvestite hooker and Vera a peep show dancer who refuses to be a hooker. Vera lives with her would-be pimp Jesus le Gitan, a small-scale drug dealer. When the area riff-raff become embroiled in hostilities, two of main characters are slowly killed in horrible ways. Fifi is then left to avenge their deaths.

Made-for-TV biopic directed by Marco Ferreri.