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- Sauvage, the directorial debut from French filmmaker Camille Vidal-Naquet, seeks to turn that trope on its head, framing it through a decidedly queer lens: gay escort Léo (Félix Maritaud) shuns the expectations of his trade by seeking intimacy with his clients rather than simply selling his body.
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Apr 6, 2019 · Despite some awkwardly staged and gratuitously graphic sex scenes that tip Sauvage’s hand as a first feature, namely a threesome gone wrong involving Leo and a pair of cartoonishy lookalike boyfriends sporting mohawks, the film is of a piece with a string of recent films that deal with queer sexuality head-on, among them Stranger by the Lake ...
Apr 10, 2019 · For 22-year-old Leo, a gay prostitute in Strasbourg, France, turning tricks is more than a job. It's his life. And he doesn't see a way out, because he doesn't want to change.
- Allison Tate
May 14, 2018 · Cannes Film Review: ‘Sauvage’ Camille Vidal-Naquet's straightforward but impressively, well, savage debut is a powerful portrait of a gay male prostitute in freefall. By Guy Lodge
- Guy Lodge
Sauvage / Wild takes a clear-eyed look at the life of a sex worker, fueled by Felix Maritaud's performance and writer-director Camille Vidal-Naquet's non-judgmental approach. Read Critics...
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- Félix Maritaud
- Camille Vidal-Naquet
- Drama, LGBTQ+
May 6, 2019 · Sauvage, the directorial debut from French filmmaker Camille Vidal-Naquet, seeks to turn that trope on its head, framing it through a decidedly queer lens: gay escort Léo (Félix Maritaud) shuns the expectations of his trade by seeking intimacy with his clients rather than simply selling his body.
A film about a gay male sex worker looking for love has all the ingredients of a regressive, reactionary disaster. However, Camille Vidal-Naquet gracefully avoids the pitfall of framing sex work as the antithesis of love.
Sauvage (English: Wild) is a 2018 French drama film, directed by Camille Vidal-Naquet [1] and produced by Emmanuel Giraud and Marie Sonne-Jensen. It stars Félix Maritaud in the lead role, with Eric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla and Philippe Ohrel. [2]
