Fogi is a Bastard
(1998)
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Fogi is a Bastard
(1998)
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Frédéric Andrau | ... |
Fögi
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Vincent Branchet | ... |
Beni
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Urs Peter Halter | ... |
Töbe
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Jean-Pierre von Dach | ... |
Wäde
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Ulrich Bodamer | ... |
Schäfer
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Jaqueline Brutsche | ... |
Richs Girlfriend #2
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Jessica Früh | ... |
Benis Mother
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Mirjam Hoffmann | ... |
Daniela
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Sebastian Krähenbühl | ... |
Reto
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Jeanne Mathis | ... |
Hippie (France)
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Franch Rainault | ... |
Ambulance Person (France)
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Valentin Rivillon | ... |
Policeman (France)
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Martin Schenkel | ... |
Rich
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Bettina Schulz | ... |
Richs Girlfriend #1
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Jospeh Schätti | ... |
Tiger
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A 15 year old boy (Beni) falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, he is only willing to follow him where ever Fögi wants to. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni deeper and deeper into the hell of drug addiction. Written by Lukas Fichtinger <liderc@gmx.at>
The road to perdition is well-travelled and well-documented in movie history. This particular `Road Movie' is set mostly in Switzerland in the mid-1970's, a conceit I see as the one lie in a very truthful film. This could be set anywhere at anytime but if a director is going to film a period piece, then he'd better watch for the anachronisms; they can be his undoing! Watching one more character destroy himself on drugs and booze might have been cliche, however, the two young actors, Frédéric Andrau (Fögi) and Vincent Branchet (Beni), save us from this fate. Both are utterly convincing; I believed everything about them and I believed Beni's love for Fögi in all it's misguided, self-destructive force. The ending, inevitable and tragic, is saved from banality by Beni's `lesson learned', which is as original as it is poignant.