Franz Rogowski Stars in 'Disco Boy' Giacomo Abbruzzese's Award-winning Stylish Drama

Franz Rogowski in Disco Boy. Courtesy of Big World Pictures

Franz Rogowski in Disco Boy official trailer and release date — Franz Rogowski in Disco Boy. Courtesy of Big World Pictures

Big World Pictures will release Disco Boy, the award-winning drama film starring Franz Rogowski (Passages; Transit) as a Belarusian immigrant haunted by his actions as a mercenary in the French Foreign Legion.

Also starring in the film are Morr Ndiaye, Laetitia Ky and Leon Lučev.

Release Date

Directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese, making his feature debut, Disco Boy world premiered at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Berlinale’s Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution.

The film will open at The Quad in New York City on February 2nd, and at Laemmle Theaters in LA on February 9th. A national release will follow.

Synopsis

Following a difficult journey across Europe, Aleksei (Franz Rogowski) reaches Paris — undocumented —and enlists in the French Foreign Legion, which will grant him a French passport in exchange for his service. In the Niger Delta, Jomo (Morr Ndiaye) fights against oil companies that threaten the survival of his village. Meanwhile, his sister Udoka (Laetitia Ky) dreams of escaping, knowing that all is already lost there. Beyond these borders, life and death, their destinies will intertwine.

Reviews

Giving the film 4 of 5 stars in their review, Guardian wrote, “Italian director Giacomo Abbruzzese makes a really stylish debut with Disco Boy, a visually thrilling, ambitious and distinctly freaky adventure into the heart of imperial darkness, or into something else entirely: the heart of an alternative reality, or a transcendent new self.”