Casa Susanna (film)

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| name = Casa Susanna

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| director = Sébastien Lifshitz

| producer = Muriel Meynard

| writer = Sébastien Lifshitz

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| music =

| cinematography = Paul Guilhaume

| editing = Tina Baz

| studio = Agat Films
Arte
American Experience Films

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| runtime = 97 minutes

| released = {{film date|2022|8|31|Venice}}

| country = United States
France

| language = English

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Casa Susanna is an American-French documentary film, directed by Sébastien Lifshitz and released in 2022.Jennie Punter, [https://variety.com/2022/film/spotlight/toronto-casa-susanna-1235369376/ "Toronto Doc ‘Casa Susanna’ Opens Doors on Early Postwar Trans and Cross-Dressing Community"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912162930/https://variety.com/2022/film/spotlight/toronto-casa-susanna-1235369376/ |date=2022-09-12 }}. Variety, September 12, 2022. The film portrays the history of Casa Susanna, a private resort in the Catskills region of New York which served as a haven for transgender women and heterosexual cross-dressing men in the early 1960s before the dawn of the LGBT liberation movement.Amber Wilkinson, [https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/casa-susanna-venice-review/5173896.article "‘Casa Susanna’: Venice Review"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903120152/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/casa-susanna-venice-review/5173896.article |date=2022-09-03 }}. Screen Daily, September 3, 2022.

The film premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on August 31,Elsa Keslassy, [https://variety.com/2022/film/global/trailer-sebastien-lifshitzs-venice-casa-susanna-1235358630/ "Trailer Unveiled for Sébastien Lifshitz’s Venice-Bound ‘Casa Susanna’"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905195943/https://variety.com/2022/film/global/trailer-sebastien-lifshitzs-venice-casa-susanna-1235358630/ |date=2022-09-05 }}. Variety, September 3, 2022. and had its North American premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9.B. L. Panther, [https://thespool.net/reviews/tiff-2022-casa-susanna-reflects-on-a-little-known-part-of-lgbtq-history/ "TIFF 2022: Casa Susanna reflects on a little known part of LGBTQ history"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910175311/https://thespool.net/reviews/tiff-2022-casa-susanna-reflects-on-a-little-known-part-of-lgbtq-history/ |date=2022-09-10 }}. The Spool, August 31, 2022. It aired on American Experience on June 27, 2023.[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/movies/casa-susanna-documentary.html Rapold, Nicolas. "Revisiting a Midcentury Haven for Cross-Dressing Men," The New York Times, Tuesday, June 27, 2023.] Retrieved June 27, 2023.