Not Angels But Angels (1994)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1994 (CZ)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 20m

Overview

Interviews with a procurer and with nineteen boys and young men who are prostitutes in Prague. The youths range in age from 14 to 19. They hustle at the central train station and at clubs. Most of their clients are foreign tourists, many are German. The youths talk about why they hustle, their first trick, prices, dangers, what they know about AIDS, their fears (disease and loneliness), and how they imagine their futures. The film's title, its liturgical score, much of it elegiac, and shots of the city's statues of angels underline the vulnerability and callow lack of sophistication of the young men.

Wiktor Grodecki

Director, Writer

Cast

Tom Novy's headshot

Tom Novy

Self (as Danek)
Joseph Gregori's headshot

Joseph Gregori

Self
Eda's headshot

Eda

Self
Honza's headshot

Honza

Self
Jarda's headshot

Jarda

Self
Joseph's headshot

Joseph

Self
Lada's headshot

Lada

Self
Libor's headshot

Libor

Self

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