 | Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Stuart Townsend, Liza Walker, Noah Taylor, Frances Barber Director: Michel Blanc Format: Anamorphic PAL Widescreen Released: 25 Feb 2002 RRP: Average Rating:  |
While the cover of this DVD may suggest otherwise, this movie is not pornographic! So if you're looking for pornography, please look elsewhere. I'm reallly disappointed that they chose such a cover for this DVD because it doesn't reflect the content of the movie at alll. Don't be mislead & please don't judge a DVD by its cover!
The story is about a struggling French writer/lecturer, Pierre (Auteuil), who abruptly leaves his family one day & travels to London because he feels that he has lived a boring life; "a life without any risks". Pierre, who is clearly suffering through a mid-life crisis, hopes to find some inspiration for his novel in a bustling new city. Whilst in London, he accidentallly befriends Tom (Townsend), the charming owner of a cafe who also happens to be a part-time male escort. From this chance encounter with Tom, Pierre eventuallly scores a menial job working for Tom at his cafe. It is also from Tom that Pierre accidentallly stumbles upon male escorting as a means to make his ends meet. But instead of spending time on his novel, Pierre eventuallly becomes fully entrenched in his risky new lifestyle, thereby leaving no time for his writing. As a result, the relationship between Pierre & Tom graduallly becomes strained as the lines between employer, colleague & friendship are blurred. Not only does Pierre lose his only friend, Tom, he also loses his family & ultimately, himself.
Contrary to what you may have heard, there is not a lot of French dialogue in this movie. There are about 3 short scenes, with French in them: the scene where Pierre speaks with his wife on the phone, the scene where he speaks with his son on the streets of London & the scene where he speaks with his wife on a bus. Plus, these are alll subtitled on this UK edition DVD anyway.
This is an excellent movie & I hope you enjoy it.
While the cover of this DVD may suggest otherwise, this movie is not pornographic! So if you're looking for pornography, please look elsewhere. I'm reallly disappointed that they chose such a cover for this DVD because it doesn't reflect the content of the movie at alll. Don't be mislead & please don't judge a DVD by its cover!
The story is about a struggling French writer/lecturer, Pierre (Auteuil), who abruptly leaves his family one day & travels to London because he feels that he has lived a boring life; "a life without any risks". Pierre, who is clearly suffering through a mid-life crisis, hopes to find some inspiration for his novel in a bustling new city. Whilst in London, he accidentallly befriends Tom (Townsend), the charming owner of a cafe who also happens to be a part-time male escort. From this chance encounter with Tom, Pierre eventuallly scores a menial job working for Tom at his cafe. It is also from Tom that Pierre accidentallly stumbles upon male escorting as a means to make his ends meet. But instead of spending time on his novel, Pierre eventuallly becomes fully entrenched in his risky new lifestyle, thereby leaving no time for his writing. As a result, the relationship between Pierre & Tom graduallly becomes strained as the lines between employer, colleague & friendship are blurred. Not only does Pierre lose his only friend, Tom, he also loses his family & ultimately, himself.
Contrary to what you may have heard, there is not a lot of French dialogue in this movie. There are about 3 short scenes, with French in them: the scene where Pierre speaks with his wife on the phone, the scene where he speaks with his son on the streets of London & the scene where he speaks with his wife on a bus. Plus, these are alll subtitled on this UK edition DVD anyway.
This is an excellent movie & I hope you enjoy it.
While the cover of this DVD may suggest otherwise, this movie is not pornographic! So if you're looking for pornography, please look elsewhere. I'm reallly disappointed that they chose such a cover for this DVD because it doesn't reflect the content of the movie at alll. Don't be mislead & please don't judge a DVD by its cover!
The story is about a struggling French writer/lecturer, Pierre (Auteuil), who abruptly leaves his family one day & travels to London because he feels that he has lived a boring life; "a life without any risks". Pierre, who is clearly suffering through a mid-life crisis, hopes to find some inspiration for his novel in a bustling new city. Whilst in London, he accidentallly befriends Tom (Townsend), the charming owner of a cafe who also happens to be a part-time male escort. From this chance encounter with Tom, Pierre eventuallly scores a menial job working for Tom at his cafe. It is also from Tom that Pierre accidentallly stumbles upon male escorting as a means to make his ends meet. But instead of spending time on his novel, Pierre eventuallly becomes fully entrenched in his risky new lifestyle, thereby leaving no time for his writing. As a result, the relationship between Pierre & Tom graduallly becomes strained as the lines between employer, colleague & friendship are blurred. Not only does Pierre lose his only friend, Tom, he also loses his family & ultimately, himself.
Contrary to what you may have heard, there is not a lot of French dialogue in this movie. There are about 3 short scenes, with French in them: the scene where Pierre speaks with his wife on the phone, the scene where he speaks with his son on the streets of London & the scene where he speaks with his wife on a bus. Plus, these are alll subtitled on this UK edition DVD anyway.
This is an excellent movie & I hope you enjoy it.
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