Stupid Boy (film) explained

Stupid Boy (fr|Garçon stupide) is a 2004 Swiss film directed by Lionel Baier.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The film addresses the life of the gay community in the canton of Vaud.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Plot

20-year-old Loic works by day in a chocolate factory, and by night cruises the internet for sex with older men. His life is a series of pointless anonymous sexual encounters until he meets one man who appears to be interested in him for himself, and not just his body.

Loic's journey to self-awareness is told through a series of episodic events, such as the suicide of his best friend, his growing infatuation with a local team's soccer star, a car accident and subsequent hospitalisation which uncomfortably reunites him with his parents. At the end of the film he realizes that he can be his own person and he recites a list of things he will never do in order to fit in and belong.

Cast

• Pierre Chatagny as Loïc
• Natacha Koutchoumov as Marie
• Rui Pedro Alves as Rui
• Lionel Baier as Lionel

Reception

A review for Abus de Ciné found the film "appalling".^[8]

Notes and References

1. Wesley Morris, "Search for life's meaning defines 'Garçon'". Boston Globe, February 24, 2006.
2. Web site: Garçon stupide . 2024-09-28 . swissfilms . fr.
3. Book: Dirlewanger, Dominique . Les Suisses . 2014-09-18 . Ateliers Henry Dougier . 979-10-93594-08-8 . fr.
4. Book: Moeschler, Olivier . Les publics du cinéma en Suisse: une étude sociologique : rapport final : (mit deutscher Zusammenfassung) . 2006 . Observatoire science, politique et société, Université de Lausanne . fr.
5. Book: Moeschler, Olivier . Cinéma suisse: une politique culturelle en action-- l'Etat, les professionnels, les publics . 2011-01-01 . Collection Savoir suisse . 978-2-88074-916-3 . fr.
6. Book: Pradas, Fabrice . Cinéma gay: un siècle d'homosexualité sur grand écran . 2006 . Editions Publibook . 978-2-7483-8799-5 . fr.
7. Book: Roth-Bettoni, Didier . L'homosexualité au cinéma . 2007 . Musardine . 978-2-84271-271-6 . fr.
8. Web site: GARÇON STUPIDE . 2024-09-28 . Abus de Ciné . fr.