Disco Boy
2023, Film, 92 min, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 65
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...
Directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese
Cast
- Morr Ndiaye as Jomo
- Wahab Oladiti as Oba
- Salem Kisita as Arafat
- Mutamba Kalonji as Sunday
- Laetitia Ky as Udoka
- Franz Rogowski as Alex
- Michal Balicki as Mikhail
- Robert Chodur as Border Agent
- Bogdan Frankowski as Truck Driver
- Max Geller as Legion Recruiter
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