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Flesh and Fuel

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Étienne is a truck driver. Addicted to the road, he reduces his emotional life to anonymous and fleeting encounters in parking lots. When he meets Bartosz, a Polish truck driver, his solitary routine is turned upside down.

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Alistair Ryder Vague Visages 4d
Better attuned to the difficulties of modern dating than any similar work I’ve seen recently, which makes it feel incredibly triumphant each time Étienne and Bartosz get a chance to meet and embrace. Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Jun 1
3.5/5
The winter cold, the rigors of operating those gigantic machines for hours, days and weeks, the tensions, the contradictions, the frustrations and the desires shape an urgent and visceral tragicomedy...[Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Frank J. Avella The Contending May 28
B+
Flesh and Fuel represents a different kind of cinematic gay romance where the lead lovers aren’t young, smooth, perfectly fit and gorgeous. Instead, they’re middle-aged, hairy, out of shape and ordinary looking. And the film is no less sexy for it. Go to Full Review Carson Timar Clapper May 27
There is both a heartbreaking reality shown in the film of a man who has cut himself off from the world, and a heartwarming look at how there is always still time to reconnect and find someone to hold you when you need it the most. Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) May 27
Plays a bit like Gods Own Country, if it were set on the highways of Europe rather than the farmland of Yorkshire. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Pierre Le Gall

Director

Alexis Manenti

Actor

Julian Świeżewski

Actor

Armindo Alves de Sa

Actor

Pierre Le Gall

Screenwriter

Camille Perton

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Movie Info

Synopsis Étienne is a truck driver. Addicted to the road, he reduces his emotional life to anonymous and fleeting encounters in parking lots. When he meets Bartosz, a Polish truck driver, his solitary routine is turned upside down.
Director
Pierre Le Gall
Producer
Nicolas Blanc
Screenwriter
Pierre Le Gall, Camille Perton, Martin Drouot
Production Co
Ex Nihilo
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 30m