Friday 13 March 2015

Eastern Boys



'Eastern Boys' is a French film set in Paris about a man who falls for a East European rent boy who is part of a gang of boys and young men who prey on and rob their pick up victims. The rent boys are themselves victims and hostages to their 'boss', a stand over pimp of a man.

In the French film style events move slowly with minimal dialogue and it is difficult to tell over what period the plot is set.

Despite potentially distasteful aspects the film manages a surprising tenderness between the lead characters.
★★★

4 comments:

  1. This sounds interesting Victor. Will check it out.

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  2. Opening sequence a brilliant nightmare, but without providing any spoilers, I found the prompt arrival of the police a bit implausible - it was almost as if we had switched to another film.

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    1. Yes, I agree about the prompt police response and also that they so expertly identified the people of interest.

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