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Hélène Trésore Transnationale
6.3 / 10• 2026• 1h 34m•NR• French
Documentary
Storyline
In this intimate portrait addressed directly to Hélène Hazera, filmmaker Judith Abitbol revisits a key figure of France’s countercultures from the late 1960s to the 1990s. A member of the Gazolines and the FHAR (Homosexual Front for Revolutionary Action), Hazera was a tireless LGBTQ activist who founded Act Up’s Trans and AIDS commissions—one of her proudest achievements. Her true victory, however, was becoming the first transgender journalist at a major national newspaper (Libération), and later a producer at Radio France and France TV. Through her story, Abitbol reconnects with the insurrectionary spirit and creative chaos of those decades—an era when French culture was shaken by radical imagination, humor, and defiance. The film celebrates these modern Antigones who dared to live their desires beyond the reach of any law.
Cast & Crew
Hélène Hazéra
Self
Lead
Laure Adler
Self
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Phia Ménard
Self
JA
Judith Abitbol
Self
JJ
Joey Joleen Mataele
Self
GR
Giovanna Rincón
Self
MA
Marianne Alphant
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AL
Annie Lebrun
Self
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Judith Abitbol's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hélène Trésore Transnationale is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
