Eastern Boys (2013)
Year: 2020

The phrase ‘Eastern Boys’ may easily conjure up an undifferentiated mass of orientalised, racialised, and sexualised young men of Eastern-European, North-African, and Middle-Eastern descent; indeed, the denomination may serve as a subheading on an escort or porn site. However, the narration and camerawork of the 2013 French film Eastern Boys (Robin Campillo) takes care to bestow a qualified individuality on one Eastern boy in particular, starting from the opening scenes in which protagonist Dani