Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo

Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (French: Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau), also known as Theo and Hugo in some territories, is a 2016 French drama film directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] The film won the Audience Award at the Berlin Festival's 2016 Teddy Awards.[2]

Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo
Film poster
Directed by
Produced byEmmanuel Chaumet
Written by
  • Olivier Ducastel
  • Jacques Martineau
Starring
Music byKarelle+Kuntur
CinematographyManuel Marmier
Edited byPierre Deschamps
Distributed byEpicentre Films
Release date
  • 15 February 2016 (2016-02-15) (Berlin)
  • 27 April 2016 (2016-04-27) (France)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The film stars Geoffrey Couët and François Nambot as two gay men who meet during the film's opening 20-minute scene in L'Impact, a gay sex club,[3] and follows them as they get to know each other during the next two hours, biking and walking in northeast Paris, visiting a hospital, riding the subway, and visiting one's apartment, encountering a woman on the Paris Métro and a counter server in a kebab shop.[4] The action of the film begins at 4:27 am and concludes at 5:59 am.[5]

The film was filmed over the course of 15 days, including 9 nights, on a small budget. The original script set the film over the course of 28 days, but was later changed to occur during real-time in the course of 93 minutes in the early morning hours.

The film has references to the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. According to gender studies scholar Todd Reeser, the film transforms the ancient myth to open up new narrative and gender ways of being.[6]

Cast

References
  1. "Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme" (Press release). Berlinale. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. "Berlin: Tomcat Wins Teddy Award for Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. "Because the Night Belongs to Lovers – Theo and Hugo (Film Review)". VultureHound. 19 September 2016.
  4. "Berlin Film Review: Paris 05:59". Variety. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  5. van Hoeij, Boyd (16 February 2016). "Paris 5:59 (Théo & Hugo dans le même bateau): Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  6. Reeser, Todd W. (12 February 2018). "The Anti-Orpheus: Queering Myth in Ducastel et Martineau's Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau (Paris 05:59)". Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature. 42 (2): 1–19. doi:10.4148/2334-4415.1989.
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