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Fögi Is a Bastard

Original title: F. est un salaud
  • 19981998
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.5K
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Fögi Is a Bastard (1998)
DramaMusicRomance
Fifteen-year-old Beni falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, Beni is willing to follow him where ever he takes him. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni d... Read allFifteen-year-old Beni falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, Beni is willing to follow him where ever he takes him. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni deeper and deeper into his addiction.Fifteen-year-old Beni falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, Beni is willing to follow him where ever he takes him. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni deeper and deeper into his addiction.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Marcel Gisler
  • Writers
    • Santiago Amigorena(french adaptation)
    • Martin Frank(novel "Ter Fögi ische Souhung")
    • Marcel Gisler
  • Stars
    • Frédéric Andrau
    • Vincent Branchet
    • Urs Peter Halter
  • Director
    • Marcel Gisler
  • Writers
    • Santiago Amigorena(french adaptation)
    • Martin Frank(novel "Ter Fögi ische Souhung")
    • Marcel Gisler
  • Stars
    • Frédéric Andrau
    • Vincent Branchet
    • Urs Peter Halter
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    • 14User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Frédéric Andrau and Vincent Branchet in Fögi Is a Bastard (1998)
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    Frédéric Andrau
    • Fögi
    Vincent Branchet
    • Beni
    Urs Peter Halter
    • Töbe
    Martin Schenkel
    • Ritch
    Jean-Pierre von Dach
    • Wäde
    Jessica Früh
    • La mère de Beni…
    Gilles Tschudi
    • Wirsling
    Sebastian Krähenbühl
    Sebastian Krähenbühl
    • Reto
    Bettina Schulz
    • Amie de Titch…
    Jaqueline Brutsche
    • Amie de Ritch…
    Ulrich Bodamer
    • Schäfer
    Mirjam Hoffmann
    • Daniela
    Joseph Schätti
    • Tiger
    Michel Weder
    • Le vieil homme…
    Franck Rainault
    • Le Médecin…
    Valentin Rivillon
    • L'infirmier…
    Frédéric Vidal
    • Hippie
    Jeanne Mathis
    • Hippie
    • Director
      • Marcel Gisler
    • Writers
      • Santiago Amigorena(french adaptation)
      • Martin Frank(novel "Ter Fögi ische Souhung")
      • Marcel Gisler
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      Beni: I felt lighter and almost emptier. In this emptiness there was sadness, but also consolation. I of course asked myself over and over again, and still do: If I had loved him even more, and differently, he wouldn't have died. Should our paths cross again Fögi, I'll try harder this time, love you so that nothing can keep us apart. Next time I'll be stronger, I swear, next time...

    • Connections
      References Body Snatchers (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Make my day
      Composed by Rainer Lingk

      Performed by Nico Lippolis, Rainer Lingk, Jochen Arbeit and Thomas Wydler

    User reviews14

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    9/10
    9/10
    Judging by the few IMDb votes this film has, and the fact that it's seven years old, it appears that this one escaped the consciousness of even the gay audience, which is a shame, because it's actually very good. Its emotional detail is just about note for note on target. I'd put it in the same class with "Edge of Seventeen," a deceptively simple movie with the same kind of quiet, intelligent emotional resonance. (I'm looking forward to see if I can get some of Gisler's other movies, which looks like it may be a task.)

    The film starts, "Sunset Boulevard"-style, with a tragedy, but luckily the film proper is fully fleshed-out -- it doesn't feel like an afterthought; it's more like the framing device used is a nice little stylistic device. It doesn't need to be there, but it doesn't detract, either. I felt while watching it that the film would make a very good book -- and it was based on one, apparently. But because this is a film, and a fairly small-budget one at that, it focuses primarily on the intimate, and that's what makes it such a consistent pleasure. The intimacy is quite startling; the first sex, for instance, with Beni's spit dangling from his lip to Fogi's skin, exploring Fogi's body with his lips and nose. It's incredibly erotic. But better than that, there's a rare tenderness that's very admirable. And I don't just mean their kisses (though that is part of it), I mean the generosity the filmmaker gives to the characters, the way he indulges in the druggy ecstasy of the first lust/love but also doesn't shy away from their tendency toward self-hatred.

    Their relationship is very much a role-playing game: it's the rock star fantasy, and Beni, in his tight shirt, is a male groupie -- Fogi's special boy. His infatuation with Fogi makes sense if we get in his head, but the film doesn't make us feel it, especially; we don't feel the "rebellion" that Beni sees in Fogi (and Fogi's music isn't very memorable, or outrageously "rock"). As the relationship deepens, the role-playing becomes more sexual in nature, but the undercurrent of damaging emotions remain. Beni becomes a slave boy to his studly master, and the emotional degradation we begin to witness (Beni clinging, in his underwear, to Fogi's legs as he kicks him out) brought to mind Frank Norris' writing -- Beni barking like a puppy dog for sexual play, but also with a degree of self-loathing. (It recalls the rush of contradictory emotions in the scene in "Blue Velvet" where Isabella Rossellini begs Kyle MacLachlan to hit her.) It would seem that, when we see this formerly innocent fanboy now nuzzling his face in Fogi's crotch after having been humiliated by him (Fogi pours milk on him when he refuses to move), the Beni character has taken an unbelievable turn, but the transitions -- both of the film and of Beni's character -- feel smooth. (And the emotional specificity of the sexual games ring incredibly true.)

    I think, by the time the end comes around, a certain sense of sadness permeates the film that is quite fine. The ending works according to the delusional aspect of the relationship -- at first Beni's recollections seem almost ridiculous, but it's very much in tune with what we've just seen. Heartbreaking, because kids do think like this. 9/10
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    • Release date
      • April 28, 1999 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Switzerland
      • France
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Swiss Films page
      • Swiss producer's official site
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • De Fögi isch en Souhund
    • Filming locations
      • France
    • Production companies
      • Vega Film
      • Avventura Films
      • Arena Films
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      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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