Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo
Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo | |
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French | Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau |
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Produced by | Emmanuel Chaumet |
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Cinematography | Manuel Marmier |
Edited by | Pierre Deschamps |
Music by | Karelle+Kuntur |
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Distributed by | Epicentre Films |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (French: Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau; also known as Theo and Hugo in some territories) is a 2016 French erotic romantic drama film written and directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] The film won the Audience Award at the Berlin Festival's 2016 Teddy Awards.[2]
The film stars Geoffrey Couët and as two gay men who meet during the film's opening 20-minute scene at L'Impact, a gay sex club,[3] and follows them as they get to know each other during the next two hours, biking and walking in northeast Paris, visiting a hospital, riding the subway, and visiting one's apartment, encountering a woman on the Paris Métro and a counter server in a kebab shop.[4] The action of the film begins at 4:27 am and concludes at 5:59 am.[5]
The film was filmed over the course of 15 days, including 9 nights, on a small budget. The original script set the film over the course of 28 days, but was later changed to occur during real-time in the course of 93 minutes in the early morning hours.
The film has references to the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. According to gender studies scholar , the film transforms the ancient myth to open up new narrative and gender ways of being.[6]
Cast[]
- Geoffrey Couët as Théo
- as Hugo
References[]
- ^ "Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme" (Press release). Berlinale. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Berlin: Tomcat Wins Teddy Award for Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "Because the Night Belongs to Lovers – Theo and Hugo (Film Review)". VultureHound. 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Berlin Film Review: Paris 05:59". Variety. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ van Hoeij, Boyd (16 February 2016). "Paris 5:59 (Théo & Hugo dans le même bateau): Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ Reeser, Todd W. (12 February 2018). "The Anti-Orpheus: Queering Myth in Ducastel et Martineau's Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau (Paris 05:59)". Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature. 42 (2): 1–19. doi:10.4148/2334-4415.1989.
External links[]
- 2016 films
- French-language films
- 2016 LGBT-related films
- 2016 romantic drama films
- 2010s erotic drama films
- 2010s French-language films
- Erotic romance films
- Films directed by Jacques Martineau
- Films directed by Olivier Ducastel
- Films set in Paris
- Films shot in Paris
- French erotic drama films
- French films
- French LGBT-related films
- French romantic drama films
- Gay-related films
- HIV/AIDS in film
- LGBT-related romantic drama films