Bambi and Paloma, when the cabaret legend meets the drag queen

The cabaret legend and the flamboyant drag queen hit it off immediately. So much so that Hugo Bardin, aka Paloma, is now working on a film about Bambi.

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Under the name Bambi, Marie-Pierre Pruvot reigned over Parisian nights in the 1950s and 1960s, star of the cabarets Madame Arthur and Le Carrousel. More than ten years after the beautiful documentary dedicated to her by Sébastien Lifshitz, she published, at the age of 89, "Bambi. An Ordinary Life", a book in which she recounts her childhood in Algeria, her gender transition and her reconversion as a literature teacher. He, perched on the vertiginous heels of Paloma, his wigged double, was crowned queen in the first edition of the show "Drag Race" , in 2022. Since then, Hugo Bardin has performed on stage in "Paloma au PluriElles", had a column in "Quotidien", is currently acting in the theater in "Que d'espoir!" and is preparing a film inspired by the life of Bambi. A complicit dialogue between two queens.

Marie-Pierre Pruvot I feel like we've known each other forever. Hugo Bardin Me too... In 2020, I had the idea for a calendar to celebrate French drag art. For the cover, I wanted an iconic personality, who embodies both the present and the past... M.-PP And the future! HB A legend, then. And I thought of Bambi. I was warned: she'll definitely say no to you. And she said yes.

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