A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 22, 2013
Original Title:
Beach Boy
Genres:
Documentary
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 27
Like the majority of young Kenyans, Juma dreams of a better life abroad. His girlfriend has left to work in Qatar, allowing the young man to fully thrust himself into his work as a “companion” to elderly European women who spend their vacations at local resort hotels. Danish filmmaker Emil Langballe records in detail what appears to be a budding love affair between Juma and a middle-aged British woman. The documentary turns out to be a real-life version of Ulrich Seidl’s feature Paradise: Love, investigating local female sex tourism based on a false sense of romance.
Director:
Emil Langballe
Director of Photography:
Emil Langballe
Original Music Composer:
Finn McNicholas
Writer:
Emil Langballe
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