Paris 05:59 (2016)

Original title

Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau

Directed by

Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau

Genre

drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

18+

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 124 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two gay men meet at a sex club in Paris. They spend the early morning hours biking and walking through the city, talking and visiting a hospital and a kebab shop as they get to know each other.

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What happens

Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (French: Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau; also known as Theo and Hugo in some territories) is a 2016 French erotic romantic drama film written and directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. The film won the Audience Award at the Berlin Festival's 2016 Teddy Awards. The film stars Geoffrey Couët and François Nambot as two gay men who meet during the film's opening 20-minute scene at L'Impact, a gay sex club, and follows them as they get to know each other during the next two hours, biking and walking in northeast Paris, visiting a hospital, riding the metro, and visiting one's apartment, encountering a woman on the Paris Métro and a counter server in a kebab shop. The action of the film begins at 4:27 am and concludes at 5:59 am. The film received favourable reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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