The Lost Boys
Zeno Graton speaks to PinkNews about his tender, politically-charged feature debut The Lost Boys and the future of queer cinema. We speak to director Zeno Graton, whose new film The Lost Boys tells the story of a romance between two young inmates in a juvenile detention centre. Image: Kris De Witte.
The Lost Boys (2023)
Born in Brussels and of Tunisian heritage, film director Zeno Graton’s acclaimed debut The Lost Boys stars Khalil Ben Gharbia and Julien De Saint Jean in the story of a burgeoning relationship between two young men in a detention centre. As a corrective, Graton, 33, co-wrote and directed The Lost Boys , a gay love story set inside a juvenile detention centre. Queer drama is always revolving around the overcoming of shame. Zeno's Information Hub
Zeno Graton’s claustrophobic, youth detention centre set feature debut, centres on a love story between newcomer William (Julien De Saint Jean) and Joe (Khalil Ben Gharbia), who is preparing to leave. The pair feel an instant attraction, yet their paths are destined to diverge, provoking a conflict in Joe between his forthcoming freedom and this newfound connection, that offers him hope. In. Starring Khalil Ben Gharbia and Julien De Saint Jean, the film tenderly tells the story of a burgeoning relationship between two young men in a juvenile detention centre. The captivating project, which received its world premiere at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, will be released in UK cinemas this week, on 15 December 
Director Zeno Graton on ‘The Lost Boys,’ a Queer Love Story
The Lost Boys: Directed by Zeno Graton. With Khalil Ben Gharbia, Julien De Saint Jean, Eye Haïdara, Jonathan Couzinié. In a juvenile reform center, a place governed by the prohibition of physical contact, Joe and William fall in love. To love each other, they will have to break the law. Now reading: This new French movie captures young queer prisoners in love. George Fenwick.
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Director Zeno Graton says his brilliant new film The Lost Boys is a product of his “queer imagination” with a “strong social perspective”. Set in a juvenile detention centre where the staff’s best intentions are undermined by the system, the French-language film follows a romance between two teenage boys. . Zeno for Everyone
Inspired by Wong Kar-wai and historic gay literature, director Zeno Graton tells us how – and why – he made his debut film 'The Lost Boys'. . The Lost Boys director Zeno Graton on his queer prison
“I was sick and tired of seeing queer Arab characters being only supporting characters,” says the Belgian filmmaker Zeno Graton. “They’re fetishised, exoticised, or victimised. They’re placed in this box that is comfortable for mainstream society to see them.” As a corrective, Graton, 33, co-wrote and directed The Lost Boys, a gay love story set inside a juvenile detention centre. .