19/04/2017 - The director’s feature debut, a Les Films de la Croisade production, stars Félix Maritaud and Eric Bernard in the lead roles

The first clapperboard will slam in Strasbourg today for Sauvage [+see also:
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Written by the director, the story depicts the turbulent life journey of 20-year-old Léo, a young homosexual prostitute who leads a debauched life of turning tricks and taking drugs. He keeps a complicated romantic relationship going with Ahd, who is also a prostitute but is not gay. Their relationship will gradually fall apart in the course of their various encounters and visits from clients. Ahd will end up leaving to rebuild his life in Morocco with a rich older man, while Léo will slip ever further into decline. On his journey, he will come across various characters, all completely different from one another.

Produced by Emmanuel Giraud for Les Films de la Croisade, Sauvage is being backed by the CNC’s advance on receipts, the Grand Est region and the Urban Community of Strasbourg, where the shoot will take place before wrapping on 26 May. 

For the record, Les Films de la Croisade recently co-produced Vincent and the End of the World [+see also:
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(Translated from French)