Disco Boy

Disco Boy

Directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese

Produced by Films Grand Huit, Dugong Films

202392 min6.5 / 10

A somber, geographically sprawling drama about two displaced young men—one seeking European belonging, one defending his homeland—whose lives and destinies collide across borders and violence.

After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei, a Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. Jomo, a Nigerian, fights for the survival and durability of his people in the Niger Delta and is ready to die to defend his ideas. These two young people who are sacrificed and smashed together will, against all odds, meet and their destinies will merge to continue across borders, bodies, life and death...

Questions people ask

  • Is Disco Boy sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Disco Boy violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Disco Boy scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Disco Boy easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Does Disco Boy end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

44/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity62

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise28

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love45

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Disco Boy, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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