Documentary about the current hustler scene in Berlin. Based on interviews with former and active prostitutes, the realities of male prostitutes in Berlin are treated. The film is objective, and records the hustler scene as a social Submilieu, which is characterized by both tragic fates, as well as everyday things and routines. Not only the direct sale of sexual services is discussed, but also other aspects associated with male prostitution: poverty, drug addiction, AIDS, crime, migration, love and partnership.
Direction
Rosa von Praunheim's 60+ film career shows—zero sensationalism, maximum trust.
Editing
Juxtaposes tragedy and mundane routines with devastating economy.
Production
Access this intimate shouldn't feel possible; it does.
Director
Rosa von Praunheim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rosa von Praunheim is a towering figure in New German Cinema and queer film history; this late-career documentary returns to themes he first explored in 1971's 'It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives.'
The film's German title 'Rent Boys' uses the English term deliberately—reflecting how globalized sex tourism and economic migration have transformed Berlin's street-level economy since the fall of the Wall.
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