Writer-director Michel Blanc creates a gritty drama about a middle-aged impoverished French writer in London who becomes a gigolo. The film follows Pierre, who gets beaten by a pimp and meets Tom, a rakish Irishman who offers him a job at his sandwich bar. As Pierre struggles to make ends meet, Tom suggests he try gigolo work, and soon Pierre is making easy money. However, things become complicated when Pierre falls for a streetwalker with a psychotic ex-boyfriend and one of his married clients falls for him. The film explores London's dark sexual underworld with wry wit and gritty honesty.
The Escort
A charismatic Londoner entices a financially struggling French author into the luxurious world of high-end companionship.
