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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 (Olivier Rabourdin) 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. What Daniel intends only as sex-for-hire begets a home invasion and then an unexpectedly profound relationship. The drastically different circumstances of the two men’s lives reveal hidden facets of the city they share.
Presented in four parts, this absorbing, continually surprising film by Robin Campillo (director of the 2004 film Les Revenants and a frequent collaborator of Laurent Cantet’s) is centered around relationships that defy easy categorization, in which motivations and desires are poorly understood even by those to whom they belong.
Original Release
04/02/2013
US Release
03/11/2014
Cast
Name | Character |
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Olivier Rabourdin | Daniel / Daniel Arthuis |
Kirill Emelyanov | Rouslan / Marek / Rouslan Guerasiev |
Daniil Vorobyov | Boss / Boss (as Daniil Vorobyev) |
Edea Darcque | Chelsea |
Bislan Yakhiaev | Bislan |
Mohamed Doukouzov | Mohamed |
Camila Chakirova | Camila |
Aitor Bourgade | Guillaume |
Beka Markozashvili | Petit Marek |
Rassambek Kourmanov | Membre de la bande |
Directors
Writers
Robin Campillo, Gilles Marchand
Cast
Name | Character |
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Olivier Rabourdin | Daniel / Daniel Arthuis |
Kirill Emelyanov | Rouslan / Marek / Rouslan Guerasiev |
Daniil Vorobyov | Boss / Boss (as Daniil Vorobyev) |
Edea Darcque | Chelsea |
Bislan Yakhiaev | Bislan |
Mohamed Doukouzov | Mohamed |
Camila Chakirova | Camila |
Aitor Bourgade | Guillaume |
Beka Markozashvili | Petit Marek |
Rassambek Kourmanov | Membre de la bande |
Alexander Galkin | Membre de la bande |
Ousmane Artchakov | Membre de la bande |
Ali Moussaev | Membre de la bande |
Zelimkhan Nassourov | Membre de la bande |
Roustam Aliyev | Membre de la bande |
Elbrous Amagov | Membre de la bande |
Ilie Irimiciuc | Membre de la bande |
Chamil Timayev | Membre de la bande |
Rassoup Bepiev | Membre de la bande |
Andrey Grachov | Membre de la bande |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hugues Charbonneau | Producer |
Marie-Ange Luciani | Producer |