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. H... Read allLeo 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.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.
- Awards
- 10 wins & 17 nominations
- Ahd
- (as Éric Bernard)
- Garçon de la bande
- (as Nour-Eddine Maamar)
- Ana (de la bande)
- (as Lou Ravelli-Avanissian)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst feature film written and directed by Camille Vidal-Naquet.
- GoofsThe right arm of Léo's jacket is not torn in the nighttime scene on the highway (at around 52 mins) although it is torn in the previous scene in the doctor's office and then again in the next scene in which it appears, when he repairs it with the stolen staple gun.
- Quotes
La femme médecin: Shall we try something to get you off the drugs for a while?
Léo: But... Why?
La femme médecin: What do you mean, why?
Léo: To do what?
La femme médecin: Hold on a second. It's not either crack or nothing.
Léo: It is.
La femme médecin: You don't want to change?
Léo: Why would I?
- SoundtracksTrapped on the Moon
Written by Jean-Christophe Couderc & Benoit Raymond
Performed by Vox Low
This is a masculine film and it depicts a group of male prostitutes who do not (want to) fall into the gay category. They may protect each other and form fierce ties, but their actual identities are as fluid as water. Leo, our main protagonist is basically gay, and when he loses the love of his life, who is a partner in prostitution, his precarious life unravels towards tragedy. He is romantic and can be gentle, but he is a broken person in a broken society. He did not choose to be broken, but his very nature, faced with the brutality that surrounds him, crushes his health and his inner resources. The ending has overwhelming power, as portrayed by Robert Bresson in 'Mouchette' and 'Au Hasard Balthazar'. This is not about choice, but the inevitability of the pain that society inflicts upon the more sensitive and gentle in our world. Leo's face at the end should move everyone to anger and tears.
The compassionate and also the more tortured aspects of the sexual world he is in are shown explicitly. Some were sickening and Leo was sickened by them. But, elderly gays are portrayed with more tenderness than younger gays, which is an about turn from other gay films, and for the better!
I was reminded also of Bunuel and the opening of 'L'Age d'Or'. The scorpions fight in this masculine environment, and the torturer in the car and the young couple with the monstrous sex toy are a disgrace even to the scorpions.
Last but not least, the film depicts homelessness and the human shame of a society that stands by, watches, and intervenes only when prodded. But like Bresson's gentle donkey Leo lays down his head to (perhaps) finally rest and I repeat, we see one of the most sublime scenes in cinema.
- jromanbaker
- Jan 6, 2019
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Wild
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $61,604
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,440
- Apr 14, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $317,536
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1