What I find fascinating about Leo is that he doesn’t see why he would change his ways, as evidenced by the affecting scene with the female doctor. The filmmaker told The Advocate how he held that judgment-free look at the life of this young man. Writer/director Camille Vidal-Naquet has created a debut feature film that unflinchingly looks at the pain and risk associated with the job, but also keeps a keen eye on Leo’s inherent tenderness and intimate connection with nature. I still have lots of respect for those guys and hope society is gonna evolve enough to protect those workers a little more. The thing is that we never ask them what they need it will be a first step to better life and conditions I think. How did playing this role change your perceptions of gay sex workers? I think that we’d been called fags since forever so this word belongs to us, faggots, and as soon as young fags will empower themselves enough to appropriate this word for themselves, it will not be an insult anymore. He’s just having desire of tenderness for men. I think the character is out of all those conceptions that belong to a society construction he’s not in. We hear two characters call Leo a "fag," but we never hear how he identifies. How do you think he relates to that word? How do you relate to that word?
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The movie shows someone that is confortable with his own prostitution, it shows a character who s free enough to do what he wants even if it does not fit society or mass culture. The Advocate: How do you think your role confronts people’s preconceived notions of sex workers?įélix Maritaud: I think it confronts people to their notions of personal freedom and freedom of choices, not only about sex work but also more globally. There’s a common preconceived notion that says that prostitutes are never free to do it. Maritaud spoke to The Advocate about playing a role that bucks preconceptions.
In the clip above, the two share a terse, yet tender moment together. The hustler, played by BPM alum Félix Maritaud, has unrequited feelings for Ahd (Eric Bernard), a fellow sex worker who insists he's just gay for pay. And he doesn't see a way out, because he doesn't want to change. For 22-year-old Leo, a gay prostitute in Strasbourg, France, turning tricks is more than a job.