The coolest lesbians at the Cannes Film Festival

Special Envoy to the Cannes Film FestivalMargaret Qualley's second consecutive visit to the Cannes Film Festival, a year after leaving everyone clear-headed with The substance returns to the competition with the detective comedy and proudly queer Honey don't, the second installment of the trilogy of "lesbian B-movies" directed by one of the Coen brothers, Ethan (solo without his brother Joel), and written by his wife, Tricia Cooke, with whom, by the way, he forms an unconventional marriage: he is heterosexual, she herself marries men in sex houses and the two live together as a couple.

The free spirit and queer The couple's passion was already strong in the first installment of the trilogy, Two girls on the run, a crazy comedy in the key of road movie very generous criminal in lesbian sex scenes, also starring Qualley as a long-tongued, adventurous and promiscuous lesbian. In Honey don't, on the other hand, the actress embraces the archetype cool of a private detective in the classic tradition of noir, but in a feminine and lesbian key: Honey is a tough, intelligent, self-confident clown who has quick, ironic comebacks for everything. And when the police get into her head, she reminds them with a compassionate smile that she likes girls. For example, the police femme fatale who plays Aubrey Plaza, one of the most acidic and charismatic comedy actresses in the United States, who in the premiere The film's Cannes premiere received an even bigger ovation than Qualley's, and no wonder: it was her first public appearance since the suicide earlier this year of her husband, director Jeff Baena.

Chemistry and charisma in abundance

The sum of Qualley and Plaza's charisma and their on-screen chemistry make their scenes together – especially the sex scenes – one of the great attractions of Honey don'tThe criminal intrigue of Honey don't, on the other hand, is a jumble of half-baked ideas without much tonal coherence. Sometimes laughter and sex aren't enough to make a couple work, let alone a movie. And Chris Evans' character, a preacher entangled in drug trafficking who seems to have chosen the wrong movie, doesn't help. It's been six years since he hung up Captain America's shield, but the actor can't find his place in Hollywood away from Marvel.

Presented out of competition to close the festival, Honey don't It is, however, a fitting choice for the kind of nighttime, rowdy screening at which it was shown on Friday, well past midnight. The euphoric atmosphere of the gala and the communion between audience and stars was total, and although the film isn't perfect, it's necessary to recognize the playful spirit and political activism of its creators. And as screenwriter Tricia Cooke, the true soul of this lesbian trilogy, exclaimed during the final six-minute standing ovation: "We want more cinema." queer!"