Disco Boy
Film details
| Film Title | Disco Boy |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 93mins |
| Year | 2023 |
| Country | Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, United States of America |
| Director | Giacomo Abbruzzese |
| Actors | Franz Rogowski, Morr Ndiaye, Laëtitia Ky, Leon Lučev, Matteo Olivetti, Robert Więckiewicz, Michał Balicki, Ash Goldeh, Max Geller, Mutamba Kalonji |
| Language | English, French, Igbo, Polish, Russian |
| Showings |
After a painful journey through Europe, Alex, the Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. Jomo, the 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…
Lack of clarity, it turns out, is what makes Disco Boy so enjoyable, and imbues it with gravitas.
★★★★
This is bold film-making: a movie that wants to dazzle you with its standalone setpieces, but also to carry you along with its storytelling.
★★★★
Notwithstanding its openly derivative qualities, “Disco Boy” doesn’t want for boldness or surprise — Abbruzzese’s hot, fluxional command of sound and image keeps us curious.
★★★★
Getting in, getting down, and getting out as a style-hopping sizzle reel, “Disco Boy” heralds a promising new talent who totally has the moves.
★★★★
