depending on you? queer filmmakerjohn trengove�*s film manodrome, starring jesse eisenberg as a new father sucked into a cult of masculinity, is in competition in berlin. the filmmaker says he values getting his perspective on why men might run from seeming soft. femme certainly explores preston's visible expression of traditional masculinity, while jules feels most powerful when he's on stage as a drag queen. we always try to avoid binaries in the film. i mean, that's what it's about — femininity, masculinity, it's a spectrum. and i think we always talked about the idea of heroes and villains as being another binary that we don't want to fall into the trap of that. but first and foremost, we set out to make, you know, an exciting neo noir revenge thriller. and it is about how someone tries to take back power after the power has been cruelly ripped from him. femme certainly places queer characters into a genre where traditionally there