The Escort (1996)
- Original title
- L'escorte
- Directed by
- Denis Langlois
- Genre
- comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A gay couple mistakenly hires a stripper for a party. This leads to complications with their friend who is secretly struggling with a recent HIV diagnosis.
lightheartedwrycomedicdramaticintimateemotionalserioussocially-consciousunexpected
What happens
The Escort (French: L'Escorte) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Denis Langlois and released in 1996. Described by Langlois as "a comedy of manners in the age of AIDS", the films stars Paul-Antoine Taillefer and Éric Cabana as Philippe and Jean-Marc, a gay couple whose lives are thrown into turmoil when Steve (Robin Aubert), a young man whom they erroneously believed to be a stripper when he showed up at their party, becomes embroiled in their lives in unexpected ways, while Philippe's longtime friend Christian (Patrice Coquereau), Steve's lover, struggles to come out as HIV-positive. The film premiered at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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