"Maritaud plays Olivier, an enigmatic Frenchman who forms an intense professional and personal partnership with Simon (Théodore Pellerin), a fellow emerging drag queen with stars in his eyes. "Most of the time, people who are narcissists like Olivier, they don't know why they're acting that way," Maritaud continues. "It's not really something conscious. He's closed off so many things in himself that he can't act other than [by using] violence or manipulation.""
"When Olivier arrives at the film's authentically raucous drag club - "the stage was in a penis shape", Maritaud notes proudly - Simon is performing old school lip syncs in gorgeous gowns made by his sister Maude (Alice Moreault). Instantly drawn to one another, the two men become lovers, then form an edgy drag duo who bring the house down with an S&M-themed routine."
Félix Maritaud portrays Olivier, an enigmatic Frenchman who enters Montreal's raucous drag scene and forms an intense professional and romantic partnership with Simon, an aspiring drag queen. Olivier displays narcissistic and manipulative behavior, often undermining Simon with subtle and overt cruelty. The duo becomes an edgy drag act, performing S&M-themed routines that electrify the club's audience. Tension arises as Simon reconnects with his absent mother, while Olivier dominates conversations and exerts control. Maritaud based Olivier's narcissism on personal experience, describing the character as closed off and prone to violence or manipulation when seeking passion and intense feelings.
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