'It has strong characters who are both complex and real. ''Joyland' will echo across the world,' Corsini said. 'Blown away'Ĭorsini herself took the award last year with 'La Fracture', which features a lesbian couple's relationship against the backdrop of the 'Yellow Vest' movement in France. 'It's a very powerful film, that represents everything that we stand for,' 'Queer Palm' jury head, French director Catherine Corsini, told AFP.
It is the first-ever Pakistani competitive entry at the Cannes festival and on Friday also won the Jury Prize in the 'Un Certain Regard' competition, a segment focusing on young, innovative cinema talent. He instead joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for the troupe's director, a trans woman. 'Joyland' by director Saim Sadiq, a tale of sexual revolution, tells the story of the youngest son in a patriarchal family who is expected to produce a baby boy with his wife.