Oriental Boys

"The Boy from the East" is a Paris street story about an Eastern European boy. Teenagers who illegally enter France from Poland, Russia, Romania and other countries are called "Oriental boys". Most of them have just come of age, and the oldest is no more than 25 years old. They patrol around subway stations and other public places every day. Some will take the initiative to strike up conversations and provide sexual services, but the consequences are often unpredictable. The protagonist Daniel (played by Olivier Rabo urdin) is a middle-aged white-collar worker with a successful career. He meets a Ukrainian boy Malek (played by Kirill Emelyanov) on the street in the square of Paris Gare du Nord and can't help but be attracted to him. After the two agreed on a time and fee, Daniel waited for Malek's visit at home, only to find a violent black trap... The director of "Eastern Boy" Robin Campillo is a famous French filmmaker. "Between the Walls" written by him and Laurent Gontet won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. "Eastern Boy" is Robin Campillo's second directorial work. The film uses poetic images and a calm plot to tell the special story of a man and a boy from lustful entanglement to mutual affection. It not only records the living conditions of immigrant teenagers on the streets, but also shows class,