Hélène Trésore Transnationale (2026)

Movie review: Hélène Trésore Transnationale

Hélène Trésore Transnationale is a film from 2026. It is catalogued under Documentary.

Story

In this intimate portrait addressed directly to Hélène Hazera, filmmaker Judith Abitbol revisits a key figure of France’s countercultures from the late 1960s to the 1990s. A member of the Gazolines and the FHAR (Homosexual Front for Revolutionary Action), Hazera was a tireless LGBTQ activist who founded Act Up’s Trans and AIDS commissions—one of her proudest achievements. Her true victory, however, was becoming the first transgender journalist at a major national newspaper (Libération), and later a producer at Radio France and France TV. Through her story, Abitbol reconnects with the insurrectionary spirit and creative chaos of those decades—an era when French culture was shaken by radical imagination, humor, and defiance. The film celebrates these modern Antigones who dared to live their desires beyond the reach of any law.

Audience reaction

TMDB records an audience rating of 6.2/10 based on 2 votes.

Production

Release date: April 1, 2026 · Runtime: 94 minutes · Original language: French

Cast

Hélène HazéraSelfLaure AdlerSelf

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Phia MénardSelf

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Judith AbitbolSelf

J

Joey Joleen MataeleSelf

G

Giovanna RincónSelf

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Marianne AlphantSelf

A

Annie LebrunSelf

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Lola MiesseroffSelf

C

Claude ChuzelSelf

Themes

1970sjournalismportraittrans woman1990sactivismhiv/aids epidemicdocumentarytransgendertransgender woman