''The Shiny Shrimps'' (french: Les Crevettes pailletées) is a 2019 French

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directed by Cédric Le Gallo and Maxime Govare. The film stars

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as Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic swimming champion who makes a homophobic comment in a television interview, and is disciplined by the national swim team with the responsibility of coaching a gay

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team who aspire to compete in the

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. The film premiered at the L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival on 19 January 2019, and was released theatrically in France on 8 May 2019. A sequel, ''The Revenge of the Shiny Shrimps'' (french: La Revanche des Crevettes pailletées, links=no), was released on 13 April 2022.

Synopsis

Mathias Le Goff is a world vice-champion swimmer. After making homophobic comments during a television interview, he is sanctioned to train the glittering Shiny Shrimp, a gay water polo team, for three months for their participation in the

in Croatia. Two worlds that everything seems to oppose will have to team up as best they can.

Cast

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews from critics, with an average rating of . The website's critics consensus reads, "''The Shiny Shrimps'' traffics in cliche, but for fans of inspirational underdog stories, the results may be too uplifting to resist." The film received much support in public through popular presentations that included local LGBT/queer athletes. File:Shinny Shrimps at MonGay screening.jpg, Authors presenting the movie Berlin's MonGay program of Kino International, 2019 File:Aquaholic water polo players at Shinny Shrimps at MonGay screening.jpg, 'Berlin Aquaholics' water polo players joined for talk During the

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, the film remained a popular suggestion in LGBT+ media listings of video on demand.

Accolades

References

External links

* 2019 films 2019 comedy films 2019 LGBT-related films 2010s French films 2010s French-language films 2010s sports comedy films French LGBT-related films French sports comedy films Gay-related films LGBT-related sports comedy films Water polo films {{2010s-France-film-stub