Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (2016)

Theo and Hugo are two young gay men who meet one night during a gay orgy at an underground sex club in Paris, France. After building a special connection, they meet outside the club where ... See full summary »

Directors:

Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau

Writers:

Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau

Stars:

Mario Fanfani, Geoffrey Couët, François Nambot

8 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Mario Fanfani	...	Homme au smartphone
Geoffrey Couët	...	Théo Daumier
François Nambot	...	Hugo
Bastien Gabriel	...	Partenaire de Hugo
Miguel Ferreira	...	Premier partenaire de Théo
Arthur Dumas	...	Second partenaire de Théo
Emmanuel Vigier	...	Partenaire de l'homme au smartphone
Éric Dehak	...	Barman
Patrick Joseph	...	Caissier
Elodie Adler	...	Infirmière d'accueil (as Élodie Adler)
Jeffry Kaplow	...	Voisin râleur
Claire Deschamps	...	Interne
Rosemine Safy-Borget	...	Femme de ménage à Saint-Louis (as Rosemine Borget)
Georges Daaboul	...	Vendeur kebab
Marief Guittier	...	Femme du premier métro

Storyline

Theo and Hugo are two young gay men who meet one night during a gay orgy at an underground sex club in Paris, France. After building a special connection, they meet outside the club where they realize they had unprotected sex. During the next 90 minutes, we follow them as they leave the club and get to know each other during bicycling and walking in northeast Paris, visiting a hospital after one of them learns he is HIV positive where they get tested and discuss treatment. They ride the Paris Metro subway, encountering an elderly woman on the subway and then interact with counter server in a kebab shop, before stopping at one of theirs apartment. The action of the film is set entirely in real time as it begins at 4:27 am and concludes at 5:59 am.

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Plot Keywords:

hiv | erection | unprotected sex | gay orgy | male full frontal nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

27 April 2016 (France)

Also Known As:

Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ecce Films, Epicentre Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The main actors were cast after seeing a casting call on Facebook, which was very explicit about nudity.

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Goofs

During the metro scene, several different people look directly into the camera.

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Connections

References Dheepan (2015)

User Reviews

Someone Like Paris

I found this movie by chance from a movie magazine. I must say that I was expecting an average movie on gay issues. It was also in Paris and it might be interesting. The movie started with very real scenes from a sex bar in Paris (probably L'Impact). After sex bar scene, movie too all my heart, all my thoughts. As a gay guy who lived in Paris and experienced the similar scenes, I can say that none of movies can depict a love, a romance and a gay life like "Theo and Hugo" depicted. Hesitations between men for a possibility to start an affair, the desire between men, the atmosphere of sex bar, the feelings, walking lonely Paris streets as two guys, stopping in a kebab restaurant (Tarkan's song was in the background), dialogues... unbelievable... It was not like a movie.. it was like a real scenes... If you skip all gay stuff, it is a very beautiful story of a romance... very naive, very innocent...Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau must be congratulated also the players Geoffrey Couët, François Nambot. They all have done a great work. What I lived (incl. HIV+ stuff) when I was in Paris some time ago was exactly was in the movie. No exaggeration, no decoration... the movie streams like La Seine... peacefully, perfectly and glamorously. Thank you guys!