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Eastern Boys (2013)

Eastern Boys poster
Directed by
Robin Campillo
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
France
Runtime
2h 08m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 127 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A lonely older man meets a younger man at a train station and invites him home. The encounter leads to a tangled relationship involving a group of young migrants.

tensemelancholicslow-burnintimateunsettlingmeditativepoignant

What happens

Eastern Boys is a 2013 French romantic thriller film written and directed by Robin Campillo. It premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in the Orizzonti section and was later screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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