Danny in the Sky (2001)

Danny is a romantic young man looking for love, the son of a gay dad and a top model mom who died of an overdose when he was still young. He wants to become part of a society that values ... See full summary »

Director:

Denis Langlois

Writers:

Bertrand Lachance, Denis Langlois

Stars:

Richard Angrignon, Stéphanie Aubry, Jessie Beaulieu

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Richard Angrignon	...	Bruno
Stéphanie Aubry	...	Danny's mother
Jessie Beaulieu	...	Greg
Eric Benton	...	Jeff (as Éric Boutin)
Eric Cabana	...	Danny's father
Claude Demers	...	Director
Véronique Jenkins	...	Karine
Sophie Lavallée	...	Charline
Daniel Lortie	...	Jonathan
Caroline Portelance	...	Sophie
Thierry Pépin	...	Danny
Barbara Ulrich	...	Baba

Storyline

Danny is a romantic young man looking for love, the son of a gay dad and a top model mom who died of an overdose when he was still young. He wants to become part of a society that values luxury, glamour and appearances above all, by becoming a model. He embarks on a quest to find his real identity in a world that would make him gay because of his work, because of his paternal heritage, or simply because of his looks. He takes modeling to its extreme by becoming a stripper and finally finds the love he was looking for on the set of a porno shoot, with Karine, a photographer who's as voyeuristic as he is exhibitionnist. But destiny soon catches up with him...

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Plot Keywords:

male frontal nudity | male nudity | gay | photographer | pubic hair | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 October 2001 (Canada)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les productions Castor & Pollux Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

User Reviews

great film

Langlois has a feel for the social content of his stories. There is no Quebec director that I know of who treats the vicissitudes of modern, mainstream gay life with Langlois's acuity and candour.

Because Langlois is something of a small ` m ' maverick, working on the outskirts of the industry with his regular collaborator, producer an co-scripwriter Bertrand Lachance, his movies have a freshness, a directness. Langlois's latest, Danny in the Sky, represents a step up for the director. It's a bigger budget project with higher production values and slick cinematography courtesy of Stefan Ivanov (whose credits include Rodrigue Jean's gritty Full Blast and idiosyncratic Chilean auteur Raoul Ruiz's Généalogies d'un crime). With clothes provided by a slew of Quebec designers and a bumping soundtrack featuring cuts from such techno heroes as DJ Mutante, Les Jardiniers, Luc Raymond and Alain Vinet, to name a few, the film is a showcase for local talent. What Danny does offer (…) is some insight into the slippery nature of sexuality and masculinity. Though feminized by being an object of adoration, a commodity whose body is for sale, Danny learns to forge his own identity. It's such insights that keep me interested in Langlois's work. He has an angle.