Around midnight, a young couple and their transvestite maid prepare for an orgy. Their guests will be The Slut, The Star, The Stud and The Teen.
The drawn-out, sentimental ending feels a little unearned, inadvertently emphasising that the film hasn’t gone quite as deep emotionally as it thinks it has. But it also unmistakeably reveals the strong influence of The Breakfast Club, and it’s hard not to be a tiny bit enamoured of a film that starts out promising erotic depravity and ends up referencing John Hughes.
The story gets tiresome, but there is an anarchic sensibility on display, bolstered by M83’s score, that suggests Gonzalez is going places.
A banquet of body and soul.
The footballer-turned-actor stars as the legendarily well-endowed Stud in this startling, savage French comedy.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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