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Wild Side
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Directed by	Sébastien Lifshitz
Produced by	Gilles Sandoz
Written by	Stéphane Bouquet Sébastien Lifshitz
Starring	Stéphanie Michelini Yasmine Belmadi Edouard Nikitine
Music by	Jocelyn Pook
Cinematography	Agnès Godard
Editing by	Stéphanie Mahet
Distributed by	Wellspring Media (USA) Peccadillo Pictures Ltd. (UK)
Release date(s)	February 8, 2004 April 14, 2004 September 25, 2004 April 15, 2005 June 10, 2005
Running time	93 mins.
Country	Belgium France United Kingdom
Language	English, Russian, French
Gross revenue	$15,355 (USA sub-total)

Wild Side is a 2004 award-winning French/Belgian/British drama film directed by Sébastien Lifshitz. It premiered at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival.

Plot

Stéphanie, a transsexual prostitute (Stéphanie Michelini) travels to a small town to care for her sick mother. She is joined by her two flatmates, an Algerian hustler and an AWOL Russian soldier. Both men fall in love with Stéphanie and she decides to have a relationship with them both.

Cast

• Stéphanie Michelini as Stéphanie
• Yasmine Belmadi as Djamel
• Edouard Nikitine as Mikhail
• Josiane Stoléru as the mother
• Aurélie Guichard
• Antony Hegarty as the singer
• Liliane Nataf
• Christophe Sermet as Nicolas

Awards

In 2004 Wild Side won two awards, including the Teddy Award, at the Berlin Film Festival, the Special Jury Award at the Gijón International Film Festival, the Grand Jury Award at L.A. Outfest and the New Director's Showcase Award at the Seattle International Film Festival.

External links

• Wild Side at the Internet Movie Database
• Wild Side at Allmovie
• Page at Wellspring Media