Garcon Stupide | 
 enlarge | Director: Lionel Baier
Actors: Pierre Chatagny, Natacha Koutchoumov, Rui Pedro Alves, Lionel Baier
Studio: Picture This
Category: DVD
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 43585
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: French (Original Language), Portuguese (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WOL4253D
UPC: 667443552147
EAN: 0667443552147
ASIN: B000EMG93Q
Theatrical Release Date: September 13, 2005
Release Date: May 16, 2006
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Product Description
When Loic a young gay Swiss man lost in an emotional limbo encounters an older man he finds an opportunity for deeper feelings and must face a critical junction in his life. With rave reviews from the New York Times Variety and the L.A. Times GARCON STUPIDE tells a strikingly realistic portrait of sexual awakening.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: LATIN/DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 667443552147 Manufacturer No: WOL4253D
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 Wonderful, wonderful movie!! December 11, 2008
Baroque Loverboy
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!! It is beautiful poetic, graceful, and moving. It tales the tale of a young man who comes to know himself. Through meaningless sexual encounters, a deep friendship with a female friend and finally the love and acceptance of a lover, complete with all the twists and turns of life, he finds himself. The movie is very intellegent, and by no means plays to the lowest common denomenator. This film has great cinamatography and many beautiful images. This film is in my top 15, for its story, its beauty, its poetic nature and its intellegance. In short it is a GREAT film for all lovers of entertaining and beautiful foreign films. Watch it and be moved. I was.
 Not what you might expect February 11, 2008
henry clark (chicago, il United States)
I think some reviewers missed the point of this movie.
It is not an easy ride through the carefree nights of a well-built young French guy as he trawls the Internet for dates.
It's a look at an aimless young man, lost in the easy to find sensations available through quick hook-ups, not really knowing what he wants or even how to get there.
His confusion and relief in emotion-free hedonism shows him to be a proxy for the everything-all-the-time reality of young people today.
The sex scenes are presented directly as is the body and, seemingly, the motivation of the lead character. But this directness also shows clearly how disaffected and removed all the characters from what they most crave: intimacy. There is a lot of fear in this movie. You fear for what might happen to the young lead even as you fear what he might frighteningly be capable of.
The fact that his situation seems hopeless but resolves itself in a way that is completely in line with the boundless possibilities of youth makes this film far more interesting than might be supposed based on a superficial viewing.
It's not a great movie. It's a good movie that should give you something to think about. Not for a entertaining Saturday night with the gals, but definitely for a viewer wanting a bit more to chew on.
"You Are A Mess" December 3, 2007
H. F. Corbin (ATLANTA, GA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Some interesting and at times beautiful camera work, a Rachmaninoff soundtrack, an attractive young man (Pierre Chatagny), a lot of skin and steamy sex cannot save this movie by French director Lionel Baier who also has a part in it as an "older man." Chatagny plays Loic, a young man who meets other men on the internet, but supposedly is unhappy. He wants to be a great photographer but practices his camera art with a cell phone camera. Okay. At one point in this very long 90 minute production, Loic's friend Marie says that he is a mess-- a perfect description of this self-indulgent first film (?) by Baier.
Apparently-- if we are to believe the extra footage included on the DVD version-- "Garcon Stupide" was a big hit at a film festival in Montreal. Perhaps what Mr. Baier is trying to say gets lost in translation. There seems to be no end to these lackluster French movies about boy meeting boy with lots of scenes shot in the dark and enough angst to go around.
Garcon review September 5, 2007
John T. Mccaffrey
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The production seemed to be very good; however, without any english translation or subtitles, a person not speaking the language cannot follow the action.
 Looking into Soul May 29, 2007
Amos Lassen (Little Rock, Arkansas)
"Garcon Stupide"
Looking Into Soul
Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride
"Garcon Stupide" (Picture This Entertainment) is a touching and sad movie which exhibits both freshness and imagination. It uses Lionel Baier's, the director, and Pierre Chatigny's (the star) lives as a jumping off point to give us a portrait of Loic. Loic, our main character, a Swiss national who speaks French, has quite a life. He works on the assembly line in a chocolate factory in Bulle, cruises the internet for anonymous sex and takes photographs with his cell phone. He is also mindless ad self-destructive.
His dreams of becoming a photographer are just dreams. He would rather spend time chatting with Marie, a mature woman who lives at the place where he sleeps. When Marie enters a relationship with a man, Loic becomes enraged and calls her a slut forgetting that he, himself, is a super slut. Marie throws him out and everything changes--he has lost a friend and a place to sleep.
An honest feel and the beautiful Chatigny's strong acting are what hold the film together. Loic is a naive, ignorant young man who has no concept of human emotion. He is nowhere near the middle class and artistic life he dreams of. He has estranged himself from his family and when Marie puts him out, he s totally alone (except for sexual acquaintances).
This is a coming out film without any of the cliches we are so used to seeing but the ending s a downer. Loic's future is not bright and we only see him for what he is not. However, we get no idea of where he will go or what he will be.
The cinematography is gorgeous. The Alps look absolutely beautiful and the scenes that take place at night are extremely intense. We get a wonderful look at a young man arriving at one of the most crucial moments of his life but he blurs the line between love and sex which only makes us to know more about his life.
The film takes the viewer to a different country and a different world as it sensitively explores a young man attempting to get what he needs in the only ways he knows. He is unable to build relationships and his longing for connection is powerfully expresses throughout the film. The director captures his suffering and bares the conflict between the needful soul and the desire to live a life that fulfills his needs.
Loc is definitely a stupid young man with his blank mind and his being detached from everything around him. At one point we see him as caring and compassionate but this does not last.
The age of 20 is a turning point in most lives--the teen years are gone and adulthood is beginning. Many make the transition smoothly but our hero has a rough time. The film shows us the trials of a youngster who is marginalized.
There are things in the movie that are confusing but by and large we get a fascinating look at a delightful young man who does not have the ability to commit to others--he just has no idea of what commitment is.
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