Movie

Eastern Boys

2013 · 128 min

A patient, uneasy watch that shifts from menace to tenderness, keeping you tense and quietly moved as intimacy and danger intertwine.

Overview: Arriving from all over the Eastern Bloc, 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.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, identity, class, love
Content: Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
class
love
survival
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong