Sauvage (2018) Reviews & Ratings

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Sauvage reviews

Sauvage holds a 6.7/10 average from 194 TMDB ratings.

**_Powerful filmmaking, although the graphic sex scenes and passive protagonist won't be for everyone_** > _Léo has no moral judgement: he is just there. That's his life. He doesn't even know what "get out of it" means; get out of what, to go where?_ - Camille Vidal-Naquet; _Sauvage_ Production Notes _Sauvage_ [trans. _Wild_, although a lot of reviewers are incorrectly calling it _Savage_] is the debut film of write…
— Stephen Campbell (7/10)

Félix Maritaud is outstanding in this depiction of the seedy and sordid life of a young Parisian prostitute in love (sadly, unrequited) with another prostitute. The grim and risky extent of their existence is captured superbly by Camille Vidal-Naquet. It is a story about gay men, but need not necessarily be considered solely in a specifically gay context; this narrative could - and almost certainly does - apply to a…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

Léo, a 22-year-old homeless sex worker searches for genuine love on the streets of Strasbourg.

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