Sauvage

Sauvage

classified 18 S
Film

Please note: This was screened in March 2019

Director
Camille Vidal-Naquet
Cast
Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla
Details
99 mins, Subtitled, 2019, France
Primary language
French

Félix Maritaud stars as a 22-year-old gay sex worker longing for a deeper connection in Camille Vidal-Naquet’s passionate and tender feature debut.

Leo (Maritaud), a hustler in poor health and with no fixed address, yearns for affection. He finds fleeting solace in the arms of the men he meet through his work, but when he meets fellow sex worker Ahd, his solitude is eased. His romantic feelings are rebuffed, however, and Leo beings a dark spiral, questioning if he will ever find the love that he so desperately craves...

Maritaud is devastating and raw in the central role, his compassionate performance going a long way to help break taboos about our preconceptions of sex workers. An arresting debut of quiet introspection and disarming fragility from a talent to watch.


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