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Eastern Boys
Year
2015
Language
FRENCH (ENGLISH subtitles)
Duration
2h 8m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov
Directed By
Robin Campillo
Publication Information
First Run Features
Summary
Arriving from all over Eastern Europe, the men who loiter around the Gare du Nord train station in Paris are scraping by however they can, forming gangs for support and protection, ever fearful of being caught by the police and deported. When the middle-aged, bourgeois Daniel approaches a boyishly handsome Ukrainian who calls himself Marek for a date, he learns the young man is willing to do anything for some cash. What Daniel intends only as sex-for-hire leads to a home invasion – and then an unexpectedly profound relationship. The drastically different circumstances of the two men's lives reveal hidden facets of the city they share.