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Not Angels but Angels

Country: Czech Republic | France, Language: Czech, 80 mins

Original Title

Nem angyalok, de angyalok
  • Director: Wiktor Grodecki
  • Writer: Wiktor Grodecki
  • Producer: Peter Lencses

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The first of Grodecki's prostitution series...the destitute, the desolate, the depraved and, the deluded...an achingly sad reflection of society.

Rougher than 'Body Without Soul' - it's the same format of talking heads...with a bizarre soundtrack and interjections by a self-justifying, pragmatic pimp.

If it wasn't so sad it would be hysterically funny.

A deeply moving film about failed youth...and, unapologetically manipulative.

Sadly, simply shedding tears for these sad boys will not help...

Where are they all now...?

Hopefully, somewhere better.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Interviews with a procurer and with nineteen boys and young men who are prostitutes in Prague. The youths range in age from 14 to 19. They hustle at the central train station and at clubs. Most of their clients are foreign tourists, many are German. The youths talk about why they hustle, their first trick, prices, dangers, what they know about AIDS, their fears (disease and loneliness), and how they imagine their futures. The film's title, its liturgical score, much of it elegiac, and shots of the city's statues of angels underline the vulnerability and callow lack of sophistication of the young men.