Miss

Miss (2020) is a French comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. At nine, Alex blurted out that he wanted to be crowned Miss France. Fifteen years later the dream is still there, so he signs up for the pageant — presenting himself as a woman.

Director Ruben Alves puts his hero through the real machinery of a beauty contest: the runway walks, the panel questions, the dorm shared with rivals who could expose him at any moment. Alexandre Wetter plays Alex as someone finally claiming a self the world tried to box in. Around him sit a boarding house of misfits, an etiquette coach and a few fellow contestants willing to keep his secret. The film never mocks; it asks who gets to decide your identity.

A warm, bright take on belonging, dressed in sequins and Parisian wit. Good for viewers who like European comedies that smuggle a serious question under the laughs. Stream Miss (2020) online on iFILM.