Sauvage

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Series/Themes: LGBTQIA+ Focus

Genre: Drama

Accessibility: Subtitles

Film Year: 2018

Locations: France

Film Length: 97 min.

Languages: French

Subtitles: Subtitled

Director: Camille Vidal-Naquet.

Featuring:  Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla, Philippe Ohrel, MehdiBoudina, Pavle Dragas.

22-year-old Leo works in Strasbourg as a prostitute. Working mostly on a quiet road in a wooded area, he belongs to a group of men that service the motorist clientele. Leo develops feelings for Ahd, who is actively seeking escape from this life of nightly hookups with lonely old men. Leo, in contrast, seems to not know or desire any other kind of life, despite friends and doctors questioning his lifestyle. Despite the physical toll of his work and the humiliation that may accompany it, Leo prizes his freedom and never lets go of his ability to love and be loved.

Thursday, November 1
10:00 PM
Violet Crown 6 & 7
Add To Calendar 20181101 22:00 20181101 23:45 America/New_York VFF: Sauvage

22-year-old Leo works in Strasbourg as a prostitute. Working mostly on a quiet road in a wooded area, he belongs to a group of men that service the motorist clientele. Leo develops feelings for Ahd, who is actively seeking escape from this life of nightly hookups with lonely old men. Leo, in contrast, seems to not know or desire any other kind of life, despite friends and doctors questioning his lifestyle. Despite the physical toll of his work and the humiliation that may accompany it, Leo prizes his freedom and never lets go of his ability to love and be loved.

 Violet Crown 6 & 7 Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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