FEATURE FILM

Boys

6.8/10
TMDB280 votes
2018Original: French82 min

When Jonas was 14 he met the charismatic but mysterious Nathan. In addition to guiding him in grappling with his sexuality, Jonas soon confronts something dark and even dangerous about his new friend. Now an attractive, sexually assured adult, memories from this time still haunt Jonas.

Genres: Drama, Romance, TV Movie
Cast: Félix Maritaud, Nicolas Bauwens, Tommy Lee Baïk, Aure Atika, Ilian Bergala

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About Boys

Boys (2018) is a film in the drama, romance, tv movie genres. Directed by Christophe Charrier. The cast includes Félix Maritaud, Nicolas Bauwens, Tommy Lee Baïk, Aure Atika.

Released
2018-09-13
Original language
French
Runtime
82 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
France
Production companies
ARTE, En Compagnie des Lamas
Writers
Christophe Charrier

Boys cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.8/10 from 280 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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TMDB member review

This is quite a well put together little drama recounting the life of "Jonas" through the twin threads of his late childhood and of a current day thirty-something. Félix Maritaud plays the elder incarnation in a typically gritty and plausible way (though he does look like he could do with a good meal!) with Nicolas Bauwens as his younger, largely conformist, self. My problem is that the narrative that gets us from…

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This is quite a well put together little drama recounting the life of "Jonas" through the twin threads of his late childhood and of a current day thirty-something. Félix Maritaud plays the elder incarnation in a typically gritty and plausible way (though he does look like he could do with a good meal!) with Nicolas Bauwens as his younger, largely conformist, self. My problem is that the narrative that gets us from person A to person B - via a new schoolfriend "Nathan" doesn't quite work. There is an incident, which we do discover at the end, but it leaves me with a feeling of incompleteness. Perhaps that's Christophe Charrier's plan - that there are no "happy endings", but I am struggling to fathom just how Jonas got onto this path of self destruction and his life, so out of hand in the first place. As with loads of French gay cinema, it is filmed at night - via street light - and is all the more evocative for that.

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What is Boys about?

When Jonas was 14 he met the charismatic but mysterious Nathan. In addition to guiding him in grappling with his sexuality, Jonas soon confronts something dark and even dangerous about his new friend. Now an attractive, sexually assured adult, memories from this time still haunt Jonas.

Who stars in Boys?

Félix Maritaud, Nicolas Bauwens, Tommy Lee Baïk, Aure Atika, Ilian Bergala, Marie Denarnaud. See the cast cards above for character names.

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