The award-winning writing and directing team of Olivier
Ducastel and Jacques Martineau have a created a provocative stream of
consciousness tale that revolves around 93 minutes in the life of Théo (Geoffrey
Couët — Up for Love, La Voyante), Hugo (François Nambot — The
Missionaries) and the city streets of Paris, France.
The Film is titled Paris 05:59 Théo and Hugo and it
will be available as both DVD and Blu-ray product offerings from Wolfe on Apr.
18.
The film has played the festival circuit — both domestically
and internationally — since opening at the Berlin International Film Festival
in February of last year and will be enjoying a limited arthouse theatrical run
during Febuary and March of this year.
The story begins in a Paris “club” at around 4:30 in the
morning. The club is an underground
“sex club,” which seems, these days, to be a dangerous place to be hanging out
— between STDs and the Jihadi violence (of which France has had its share) you
could literally be placing your life in jeopardy.
Perhaps it is that danger — the allure of it — that has
drawn these two young men to this place at such a late hour. In any case, their passionate encounter blows
through the usual cautionary signs and it is only afterwards that Hugo reveals
that he is HIV positive … precautions were not taken.
He assures Théo that he is in treatment, so the chances of
him infecting his partner are minimal.
Nevertheless, they leave the club and hit the sleepy streets of Paris in
the pre-dawn darkness to find help at a local clinic.
It is during this hour that the pair
encounter other denizens of the night; have adventures (Paris is so very still
and quiet; beautiful) … soon the magic of the moment will be gone, the sun will
rise and the Paris streets will fill with people. But for these 93 minutes they have life …
life to be lived.
Paris 05:59 Théo and Hugo is presented in French with English
subtitles.
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