Fleeing from his wife in France to London, 45-year-old Pierre is barely able to support himself. He meets friendly Tom, who offers to help him make ends meet by working as a male escort.
Acting
Auteuil's committed desperation, Townsend's unnerving warmth.
Direction
Blanc balances satire and genuine sadness surprisingly well.
Director
Michel Blanc
Daniel Auteuil
Pierre
Stuart Townsend
Tom
Liza Walker
Kim
Noah Taylor
Gem
Frances Barber
Jessica
Claire Skinner
Patricia
Keith Allen
Jessica's Husband
Ben Whishaw
Jay
Barbara Flynn
Kim's Mother
Sarah-Jane Potts
Liz
Amanda Ryan
Ann
Peter Mullan
Patricia's Husband
Mar Sodupe
Linda
Heathcote Williams
Ann's Father
Roland Manookian
Bellboy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michel Blanc also wrote and starred in the original French version 'Mauvaise Passe' (1999), making this a rare director-remaking-himself-in-English situation.
The film captures a specific late-90s London of fading glamour and Eurotrash energy, right before the city became fully sanitized by millennial money.
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