2024-09-14 10:00:06
With all these Chinese stories, Jean-Baptiste Phou would like us to let his shoes go. And since we’re talking about his sneakers, let’s just say they’ve taken him a long way since our debut In G major 11 years ago.
Passing from Asia hut in the head, including in the family living room a Cambodia kitsch, karaoke and the inability to speak Khmer, today Jean-Baptiste Phou writes, plays, directs and travels from Panama to Phnom Penh, from one identity to another. Born in Paris to Chinese-Cambodian parents, he achieved many transitions between the country of complainers and the country of smiles. Because for a long time, for him, being French in France was complicated, being Cambodian in Cambodia was difficult, being gay in a heteronormative world was exhausting, being gay of Asian origin was a struggle. In the 40s, he delved into his many relationships with zenitude, and many news articles with history My mother tongue, Color comes out of the closet (published by Seuil) and 80 words from Cambodia (Published by L’Asiathèque).
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