Review: A sex worker gets his close-up in the jagged, moving French drama 'Sauvage/Wild'
by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
Apr 26, 2019
3 minutes
"Sauvage/Wild," a fierce and compassionate first feature from the French writer-director Camille Vidal-Naquet, begins with what appears to be a routine physical examination. A handsome 22-year-old named Leo (Felix Maritaud), complaining of coughing fits and stomach pains, strips off his shirt and allows the doctor to inspect the bruises on his torso. Before long, the doctor is inspecting more than that: Leo is a sex worker, and his latest client is a guy with
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