Disco Boy

Disco Boy

Aleksei (Franz Rogowski) is a young Belarusian on the run from a past he must bury. In the form of a Faustian pact, he becomes a member of the French Foreign Legion in exchange for the promise of French citizenship. Far away, in the Niger Delta, Jomo (Morr Ndiaye) is a revolutionary activist, engaged in an armed struggle to defend his community. Aleksei is a soldier, Jomo a guerrilla fighter. Because of one more senseless war, their destinies will intertwine. Reminiscent of the Claire Denis classic Beau Travail, Disco Boy explores the identity and trauma of soldiers whose bodies clash in combat and converge in spirit and soul.