Disco Boy

Mar 9, 2023

1h 32m

★ 6.8

Overview

After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei, a Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. Jomo, a Nigerian, fights for the survival and durability of his people in the Niger Delta and is ready to die to defend his ideas. These two young people who are sacrificed and smashed together will, against all odds, meet and their destinies will merge to continue across borders, bodies, life and death...

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Films Grand Huit

Dugong Films

La Compagnie Cinématographique

Panache Productions

DIVISION

Donten & Lacroix Films

Stromboli Films

VOO & Be tv

Disco Boy Trailers

Cast

Aleksei

Franz Rogowski

Jomo

Morr Ndiaye

Udoka

Laëtitia Ky

Paul

Leon Lučev

Francesco

Matteo Olivetti

Gavril

Robert Więckiewicz

Mikhail

Michał Balicki

Club Bouncer

Ash Goldeh

Legion Recruiter

Max Geller

Legion Recruiter (voice)

Giacomo Abbruzzese

Legionnaire Shower

Claudio Segaluscio

Sunday

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