Through personal photos and journals, this documentary traces the life of Pilou, a young gay man discovering desire, identity, and artistic expression in the Roaring Twenties.
From small-town France to Parisian cabarets, his story reveals a hidden world rarely documented. A portrait of queer life before repression returned.
In 1920s Europe, before fascism reshaped the continent, a brief moment of freedom emerged. Through personal photos and journals, this documentary traces the life of Pilou, a young gay man discovering desire, identity, and artistic expression in the Roaring Twenties.
Documentary : Snapshot of History EP:20 Pierre Louis
”Pilou”, Homosexuality in the Interwar Years
Direction : Delphine Deloget
Production : Bonne Compagnie
