
Eastern Boys
Directed by Robin Campillo
Produced by Les Films de Pierre
A gritty, morally complex drama about exploitation, survival, and unexpected intimacy between a bourgeois man and a vulnerable Eastern European hustler caught in cycles of desperation and predation.
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.
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Is Eastern Boys sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is Eastern Boys scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Does Eastern Boys end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.
Is Eastern Boys violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is Eastern Boys easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
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Like Eastern Boys
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Like Eastern Boys, But Darker
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Like Eastern Boys, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.





















































