
Documentary look at doomed male prostitutes in Prague, ages 15 to 18, who troll at the public swimming pool, the train station, a video arcade, and a disco. After the boys talk about how they got in the game, the camera follows them to the home of Pavel Rousek. Under the name Hans Miller, he makes gay porno videos, primarily for German distribution. Intercut with a movie shoot chez Rousek is an interview that follows him to his day job at a morgue, where he performs an autops... (Full plot summary below)
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Documentary look at doomed male prostitutes in Prague, ages 15 to 18, who troll at the public swimming pool, the train station, a video arcade, and a disco. After the boys talk about how they got in the game, the camera follows them to the home of Pavel Rousek. Under the name Hans Miller, he makes gay porno videos, primarily for German distribution. Intercut with a movie shoot chez Rousek is an interview that follows him to his day job at a morgue, where he performs an autopsy as he talks about his work. The sex is without protection; the boys are without family. They talk about their bodies and souls, money, their sexual orientation, AIDS, their dreams, and death.
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| User ReviewMala GWiktor Grodecki's hypnotic and frightening documentary on the human science of male sex workers. Of the most intimate and revealing documentaries on male prostitution. Not to be missed |
| User Reviewneil fA film that will shake u to the very core of your being and disturb you, as u get an insight into some of the grimmist lifes possible. |
| User ReviewCarreh RDevastating though, at times, I felt manipulated. |
| User ReviewLuka DCompelling documentary about rent boys in Prague who get involved in the porn film industry. The porn director is a scary and intriguing character, bullying and exploiting the boys as he makes films which he says represent his "absolute self" and "philosophical vision" whilst performing autopsies at the local morgue as a day job. One of the more honest films about the impact of neoCapitalism on the former Soviet bloc; the use of Mozart and Albinoni on the soundtrack add a further visionary, spiritual dimension to a film which is ultimately about a certain contemporary soullessness. |
| User ReviewRicardo HAlthough this was a documentary, I found it very well done to the point that I felt like I was watching a movie, with a plot, dialogue, etc. I think it was because the interviews with the different boys moved from one subject to another but not jumping around. It was interesting to see the variety of opinions on the same subject, presented almost side by side. I did find an overwhelming sadness amongst all the characters, though, like they wanted a better life but somehow had given up on even dreaming about it. A lot of them seemed like they had given up but the only way to survive that was to make it appear like what they did didn't matter at all, it was just "work." Definitely recommend this movie! |
| User ReviewPrivate Ugreat film,a little moody tho,and very upsetting because of the subject |
| User ReviewKatherine PProbably the most disturbing movie I have ever watched. A must-see if you're incredibly morbid and/or find child prostitution kind of funny. |