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French Institute
1/7 10.30pm (*)
4/7 10.30pm
In the presence of
the director Olivier
Ducastel and the
actor Geoffrey Couët
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Title
Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau
Direction
Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
Country
France




Cast
Geoffrey Couet, François Nambot
Production
Ecce Films
Distribution
Surtsey Films
Genre
Drama
Duration
97'
Year
2016
Festivals
Berlinale, Écrans Mixtes (Lyon, LGBT), Guadalajara, Praga
First showing in
Spain
OFFICIAL SECTION: FEATURE FILMS
Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau
Théo and Hugo meet at a sex club, a dive where anything goes. They join, then separate, desire, and give themselves. Then they kiss, gaze at each other and go outside together. From that moment on, nothing will ever be the same again. Together, they face an unexpected challenge that will lead them to question their own reality.

In this film, Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau produce a strikingly visual, extraordinarily dramatic work in just two acts: the first, a crowded scene of unbridled sex, nudity and silence; the second, featuring just two characters, the deserted streets of the Paris night, and pure text. Act One: the naked body. Act Two: the naked soul. A brave, moving, brutal, no-holds-barred portrait that, without passing judgement, compares sex and love, the visual and the narrative, darkness and light. A unique film, a must-see, but not appropriate for the superficial or for moralists. A slap in the face, a knife in the heart. And one of the best films on this year’s programme.