A mysterious virus breaks out in Paris, turning gay men into heterosexuals in a new film that looks set to turn heads, and do so in style, when it world premieres in Cannes’ Midnight Screenings program Sunday, May 17, going into Monday. Don’t worry, this is not a ripped-from-the-headlines story, but an irreverent French adult animated comedy called Jim Queen.The titular Jim is Jim Parfait – yes, that’s indeed French for “perfect,” a ripped queer influencer and “king of the Gym Queens” community on social media whose world crumbles when he contracts said virus, dubbed Heterosis. Mon Dieu, he even loses all his social media followers – except for Lucien, a closeted virgin. The odd couple must go on a wild ride in the French capital and its Marais district, the beating heart of the city’s queer scene, in the hunt for a rumored cure to not only heal Jim, but also save the LGBTQIA+ community from extinction.
The satire is the creation of Nicolas Athané and Marco Nguyen in their feature directorial debut. They co-wrote the film with Simon Balteaux and Brice Chevillard. The producers are David Alric and Arthur Delabays of French animation studio Bobbypills (Creature Commandos). Global Constellation is handling sales.
