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      Our Paradise

      2011 1h 40m Crime Drama LGBTQ+ List
      Reviews 42% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Vassili (Stéphane Rideau), an aging thief and prostitute, takes a young man under his wing and the two become lovers. They fleece their clients one by one as Vassili's violent past comes back to haunt him. Read More Read Less

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      Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com A film that is dark and edgy and thought-provoking and impossible to ignore even when it's not quite coming together like it really should. Rated: 2.5/4.0 Sep 19, 2020 Full Review James Wegg JWR You know It's time to retire from the sex-for-cash industry when a fellow hustler asks you to find another corner because 'you're older than my tricks.' Rated: 4.5/5 May 24, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Aging hustler Vassilli finds a young hustler robbed and unconscious in a Paris park. The young man (Angelo) has no where to stay, so Vassilli takes him back to his apartment. The two begin a relationship. When Angelo discovers the more violent nature of Vassilli's encounters, instead of fleeing he teams up with him and they begin robbing their clients. Pretty soon their violent past catches up with them and they flee to Lyon where they attempt to leave the life of crime behind them. It's quite an engaging story with interesting characters. The script spirals out of control in the last reel and the ending is just a bit "oh." The writer/director Gael Morel has done better than this in previous films. The stuff in Paris is gritty and intriguing, but once the story goes elsewhere I lost interest. Stephane Rideau is an engaging screen presence and though his character doesn't think so, is getting better looking with age. Beatrice Dalle is wasted here and the kid is terrible. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Weird movie. Violent. The sex was not exciting. The movie is sick--and that is not a good thing. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting look into the world of gay hustlers one being at the end of his career.......not a film for everyone. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I honestly cannot imagine why someone made this movie. The story is so pointless to me. I can't imagine someone sitting down and writing this. There's no meaning I can take away from it and even the plot itself was really lackluster for the most part. I didn't care about any of the characters - and didn't understand their motivations or behaviours either. I wasn't bored persay, but I wasn't exactly entertained either. There's nothing epecially redeeming that comes to mind either. Thus, don't bother with this. It really isn't worth your time. What did this movie teach me? Disposing of a body in a newly frozen lake is actually a decent idea. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Quite average, but just not quite the same as I thought to be. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Not unlike the proverbial 73 bus, following American Translation, we have another French gay serial killer film and it is a masterpiece in comparison.The execution here is less pretentious and more grounded in melodrama and realism, thus less frustrating to watch, while the acting is certainly better here: less stoic and amateurish. The influence/ mashup is Bonnie and Clyde and again with NBK and a touch of early Almodovar with plotlines that would be no strangers to soap operas. The meaninglessness of American Translation is even more obvious and striking when view side by side with this film which reflects and comments upon the ageism and materialism some see in our (gay) world. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Vassili (Stéphane Rideau), an aging thief and prostitute, takes a young man under his wing and the two become lovers. They fleece their clients one by one as Vassili's violent past comes back to haunt him.
      Director
      Gaël Morel
      Screenwriter
      Gaël Morel
      Genre
      Crime, Drama, LGBTQ+
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 1, 2015
      Runtime
      1h 40m