Stupid Boy (film)

Stupid Boy
FrenchGarçon stupide
Directed byLionel Baier
Written byLionel Baier,
Laurent Guido
Produced byRobert Boner
StarringPierre Chatagny,
Natacha Koutchoumov
Distributed byPicture This!
Release date
  • 10 March 2004 (2004-03-10) (Switzerland)
Running time
94 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageFrench

Stupid Boy (French: Garçon stupide) is a 2004 Swiss film directed by Lionel Baier.[1][2][3][4] The film addresses the life of the gay community in the canton of Vaud.[5][6][7]

Plot

20-year-old Loic works by day in a chocolate factory, and by night cruises the internet for sex with older men. His life is a series of pointless anonymous sexual encounters until he meets one man who appears to be interested in him for himself, and not just his body.

Loic's journey to self-awareness is told through a series of episodic events, such as the suicide of his best friend, his growing infatuation with a local team's soccer star, a car accident and subsequent hospitalisation which uncomfortably reunites him with his parents. At the end of the film he realizes that he can be his own person and he recites a list of things he will never do in order to fit in and belong.

Cast

  • Pierre Chatagny as Loïc
  • Natacha Koutchoumov as Marie
  • Rui Pedro Alves as Rui
  • Lionel Baier as Lionel

Reception

A review for Abus de Ciné found the film "appalling".[8]

References

  1. ^ Wesley Morris, "Search for life's meaning defines 'Garçon'". Boston Globe, February 24, 2006.
  2. ^ "Garçon stupide". swissfilms (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  3. ^ Dirlewanger, Dominique (2014-09-18). Les Suisses (in French). Ateliers Henry Dougier. ISBN 979-10-93594-08-8.
  4. ^ Moeschler, Olivier (2006). Les publics du cinéma en Suisse: une étude sociologique : rapport final : (mit deutscher Zusammenfassung) (in French). Observatoire science, politique et société, Université de Lausanne.
  5. ^ Moeschler, Olivier (2011-01-01). Cinéma suisse: une politique culturelle en action-- l'Etat, les professionnels, les publics (in French). Collection Savoir suisse. ISBN 978-2-88074-916-3.
  6. ^ Pradas, Fabrice (2006). Cinéma gay: un siècle d'homosexualité sur grand écran (in French). Editions Publibook. ISBN 978-2-7483-8799-5.
  7. ^ Roth-Bettoni, Didier (2007). L'homosexualité au cinéma (in French). Musardine. ISBN 978-2-84271-271-6.
  8. ^ "GARÇON STUPIDE". Abus de Ciné (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-28.