Eastern Boys

(2013)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 132 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2013

Runtime: 123 мин

Country: France

Director: Robin Campillo

Cast: Оливье Рабурден, Кирилл Емельянов, Даниил Воробьёв, Edéa Darcque, Camila Chanirova, Bislan Yakhiaev, Mohamed Doukouzov, Aitor Bourgade

Plot

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 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.

They come from all over Eastern Europe: Russia, Romania, Ukraine. They are Eastern boys. The oldest appear no more than 25; as for the youngest, there is no way of telling their age. They hang around the Gare du Nord train station in Paris. They might be prostitutes, but there is no way of knowing for certain. Daniel, a discreet man in his late fifties has his eye on one of them - Marek. One afternoon, Daniel gathers his courage and speaks to him. The young man agrees to come visit Daniel the following day, at his place. However the next day, when the doorbell rings, Daniel doesn't have the faintest idea that he has fallen into a trap.