Title: Paul-Antoine Taillefer is delightful as Phillipe!
Product review: L'ESCORTE is a stylish examination of the effect a "paid male escort" has on the lives and fortunes of Phillipe and Jean-Marc, a pair of longterm gay lovers. The beautiful and talented French actor Paul-Antoine Taillefer perfectly portrays Phillipe, the leading man character, as an altruistic naif. And, though slightly less adorable and slightly less handsome, the characters who surround him as just as adroitly realized.However, as wonderful as the film's first 80 minutes are, the story's unfortunate "walk into the sunset" denouement ties up all the loose fray in a rather cheesy package.Still, putting that aside, when the script is all said and done, it is mostly Taillefer who makes this carefully subtitled French flick worthwhile and memorable, despite some faults at the conclusion.It definitely belongs in your collection of gay male cinema.
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