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Disco Boy

Disco Boy

Drama · War · 2023

After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei, a Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. Jomo, a Nigerian, fights for the survival and durability of his people in the Niger Delta and is ready to die to defend his ideas. These two young people who are sacrificed and smashed together will, against all odds, meet and their destinies will merge to continue across borders, bodies, life and death...

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Disco Boy

2023 Drama · War 1h 32m

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6.5 / 10

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After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei, a Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. Jomo, a Nigerian, fights for the survival and durability of his people in the Niger Delta and is ready to die to defend his ideas. These two young people who are sacrificed and smashed together will, against all odds, meet and their destinies will merge to continue across borders, bodies, life and death...

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Giacomo Abbruzzese

Written by

Giacomo Abbruzzese

Franz Rogowski

Franz Rogowski

Aleksei

Morr Ndiaye

Morr Ndiaye

Jomo

Laëtitia Ky

Laëtitia Ky

Udoka

Leon Lučev

Leon Lučev

Paul

Matteo Olivetti

Matteo Olivetti

Francesco

Robert Więckiewicz

Robert Więckiewicz

Gavril

Michał Balicki

Michał Balicki

Mikhail

Court is in session

Put Disco Boy on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.