| Stupid Boy | |
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| French | Garçon stupide |
| Directed by | Lionel Baier |
| Written by | Lionel Baier, Laurent Guido |
| Produced by | Robert Boner |
| Starring | Pierre Chatagny, Natacha Koutchoumov |
| Distributed by | Picture This! |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Language | French |
Stupid Boy (French: Garçon stupide) is a 2004 film directed by Lionel Baier.[1]
Plot[edit]
This French language film tells the story of 20-year-old Loic, who works by day in a chocolate factory, and by night cruises the internet for sex with older men. His life is a series of pointless anonymous sexual encounters until he meets one man who appears to be interested in him for himself, and not just his body.
Loic's journey to self-awareness is told through a series of episodic events, such as the suicide of his best friend, his growing infatuation with a local team's soccer star, a car accident and subsequent hospitalisation which uncomfortably reunites him with his parents. At the end of the film he realizes that he can be his own person and he recites a list of things he will never do in order to fit in and belong.
Cast[edit]
- Pierre Chatagny as Loïc
- Natacha Koutchoumov as Marie
- Rui Pedro Alves as Rui
- Lionel Baier as Lionel
References[edit]
- ^ Wesley Morris, "Search for life's meaning defines 'Garçon'". Boston Globe, February 24, 2006.
External links[edit]
- Stupid Boy at IMDb
