Leo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash. The men come and go, and he stays right here - longing for love. He doesn't know what the future will bring. He hits the road. His heart is pounding.
Two moments of Jonas's life intertwine, each reflecting the other: in 1995, when he was a secretive teenager, and 18 years later, as an attractive and impulsive thirty-something looking for balance in his life.
Director:
Christophe Charrier
Stars:
Félix Maritaud,
Nicolas Bauwens,
Tommy Lee Baïk
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Jacques is an older writer from Paris. Arthur is a young student in Rennes. They instantly fall in love. But they'll have to face rejection and sickness to keep it that way.
Director:
Christophe Honoré
Stars:
Vincent Lacoste,
Pierre Deladonchamps,
Denis Podalydès
It's Christmas Eve, 1986, and Borja is a precocious teenager with a passion for film, among other things. As his extended family comes together to celebrate the holiday, the combined forces... See full summary »
Director:
Alberto Fuguet
Stars:
Santiago Rodríguez Costabal,
Cristóbal Rodríguez Costabal,
Carmina Riego
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent ... See full summary »
Director:
Mikko Makela
Stars:
Janne Puustinen,
Boodi Kabbani,
Mika Melender
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Director:
Marco Berger
Stars:
Alfonso Barón,
Justo Calabria,
Antonia De Michelis
Lorenzo is a quiet teenager who lives with his parents and his younger brother in small city in the Argentinean Patagonia. One day, a family friend's son named Caíto moves south and settles... See full summary »
Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.
Director:
Aluizio Abranches
Stars:
Júlia Lemmertz,
Fábio Assunção,
Jean Pierre Noher
Leo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash. The men come and go, and he stays right here - longing for love. He doesn't know what the future will bring. He hits the road. His heart is pounding.
'Sauvage' follows Léo, a young male prostitute, as he 'services' clients, commits petty crime, takes various recreational drugs, passes out on the street, has his affections rebuffed by a fellow rent boy and ignores his medical problems. It is a pretty aimless film, and as such mirrors the life of its protagonist. He drifts through his days and nights, carelessly following the whims of those around him (even following the instructions of a friend to inject sedative drugs into the tip of his penis so a blowjob-giving client will be knocked out and can then be robbed!) Ordinarily this is not the kind of character for whom I could find much sympathy, but actor Félix Maritaud gives Léo a rather innocent, dopey appeal (even if the role does demand he look like he would benefit from a good dunking in the sheep dip). Perhaps because it does not contain a coherent narrative structure the film seems longer than its claimed 99 minutes, but on the plus side there are a few good nude scenes (although I could have done without Maritaud's pierced nipple - ew!)
Seen at the 2018 London Film Festival.
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'Sauvage' follows Léo, a young male prostitute, as he 'services' clients, commits petty crime, takes various recreational drugs, passes out on the street, has his affections rebuffed by a fellow rent boy and ignores his medical problems. It is a pretty aimless film, and as such mirrors the life of its protagonist. He drifts through his days and nights, carelessly following the whims of those around him (even following the instructions of a friend to inject sedative drugs into the tip of his penis so a blowjob-giving client will be knocked out and can then be robbed!) Ordinarily this is not the kind of character for whom I could find much sympathy, but actor Félix Maritaud gives Léo a rather innocent, dopey appeal (even if the role does demand he look like he would benefit from a good dunking in the sheep dip). Perhaps because it does not contain a coherent narrative structure the film seems longer than its claimed 99 minutes, but on the plus side there are a few good nude scenes (although I could have done without Maritaud's pierced nipple - ew!)
Seen at the 2018 London Film Festival.