Leo also faces some looming health issues yet charges forward from one horrific incident to the next.
Leo pines after a fellow hustler, dynamically played by Eric Bernard, who does "gay for pay" only and has attached himself to a wealthy, older gentleman. The unnamed hustler called Leo in the credits and played by the remarkable Fï¿ 1/2 (C)lix Maritaud (KNIFE + HEART, BPM) spends his time turning tricks, dancing in clubs, squatting in crack dens or sleeping on curbs. It's a dour, violent, explicit, drug-fueled tale of a man who for better or for worse (and let's face it, he leans into worse), lives life on his own terms. The delicate sensibilities of professional writers notwithstanding, SAUVAGE/WILD, the debut feature of writer/director Camille Vidal-Naquet, traces the downward spiral of a young, gay street hustler in small town France and it pulls no punches. As soon as things got hot and heavy, a woman across the aisle from me stood up, waved her arms furiously, and muttered, "I CAN NOT E-V-E-N!!!" And here, my friends, is why good, challenging films can't have Oscars! Not because it's disturbing and somewhat graphic, but because it prompted my favorite indignant Writers Guild walk-out I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing, and there have been many.
HUSTLE & BLOW - My Review of SAUVAGE/WILD (3 1/2 Stars)
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