Drawn into the circuit of men cruising for sex in and around a
train station, restless adolescent Henri begins a frenzied pursuit
of a dangerously charismatic older man, with sometimes violent and
ultimately tragic consequences. Premiering at Cannes in 1983,
Patrice Chereau's L'Homme blesse (The Wounded Man) was one of
France's first major cinematic releases to depict homosexual desire
and queer sexual cultures in an unapologetic and complex way. It is
a film that continues to resonate to this day. L'Homme blesse
generated controversy with its dark tone and its treatment of an
adolescent's obsessive homoerotic desire, as well as Chereau's
denial that the film is about homosexuality. Robert Payne guides
readers through the powerfully erotic underworld of L'Homme blesse,
where the film sidesteps fixed identities and draws viewers into
the ambiguous spaces of queer desire, and argues that its visual
composition depicts queer ways of seeing and generates queer ways
of feeling. A look into the production's historical and cultural
backdrop uncovers a behind-the-scenes story of power and desire
between its two screenwriters and the presence of HIV/AIDS hovering
ominously and inevitably off screen. Original interviews trace the
lives of L'Homme blesse across three continents and three decades
and measure the film's enduring value beyond its prestigious debut.
Payne cements L'Homme blesse in its rightful place within queer
cultural history and introduces the film to a new generation of
viewers.
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