Tournée (On Tour)

Text: Eli Bartlow Martin  Burlesque is at the core of French comic actor's Matthieu Amalric's latest film, Tournée (On Tour). Amalric plays Joachim, a middle-aged Frenchman and former television producer who abandons his children to start a new existence in America. But he returns with a troupe of Burlesque stars, whom he has tempted with a tour of France and Paris.

Going from town to town, the shows prove a wild success with men and women alike until, that is, trouble begins...

Tournée is inspired by real-life the New Burlesque genre, intended as a revival of the classic shows of the 1920's and 30's, when burlesque was about much more than a striptease. Satire and social commentary played an integral role. 

All of the actresses film's performers are real-life Burlesque artists who have pioneered the resurgence of the industry in America.