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User Rating:
6.5/10   165 votes
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Director:
Wiktor Grodecki
Writer:
Wiktor Grodecki (writer)
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Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
Documentary look at doomed male prostitutes in Prague, ages 15 to 18, who troll at the public swimming pool... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Relentlessly heart-breaking more

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Body Without Soul (International: English title)
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
Czech Republic
Language:
Czech
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
USA:R | UK:18 (cut)
Filming Locations:
Prague, Czech Republic
Company:
MiroFilm more

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Soundtrack:
Symphony 5 - Adagietto more

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Relentlessly heart-breaking, 2 June 2005
10/10
Author: Jiji-3 from Montreal, Canada

As someone who is trying to help a 23 year old recover from that lifestyle, I can say the film is a very accurate representation of not just boy prostitution in Prague in the 1990s but of boy prostitution as such. I saw it, along with many other films on that subject, because I wanted to educate myself as much as possible and had exhausted all other sources of information I could think of. Of the docos I saw, "Body Without Soul" was the most in-depth. The 2 hours (maybe 2+, I'm not sure) went in the blink of an eye, the film draws you in. In that sense, it's easy to get through but otherwise it's beyond painful, it hits very close to home and it hits repeatedly. The fate of one of the boys being interviewed - the youngest, most articulate and most beautiful, of course - is particularly heart-breaking. I finished watching the movie a few hours ago and I'm hurting almost physically.

Contrary to what other reviewers have said, I would recommend this film to anyone and everyone because the truth of the matter is that however unsavory, the subject "Body Without Soul" deals with is one people should be a lot more familiar with than most currently are. I find myself wondering what those who voted 5 or worse are evaluating exactly, said subject matter or their own reaction to the film. If it's the former, I can only advise them to direct their negative energy elsewhere. The movie didn't invent prostitution, adult males did. If it's the latter - if Body without Soul made them feel bad enough to hate it - then they should have given it a 10.

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