''F. est un salaud'' (English title ''F. Is a Bastard'' or ''Fögi Is a Bastard'', released in German as ''De Fögi isch en Souhund'') is a 1998 French/Swiss film based upon the novel ''ter fögi isch e souhung'' by
Martin Frank. It was filmed in
Zürich
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,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. The setting is the early 1970s, Zurich. The film was shown in 1999 at the
Locarno Film Festival
The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
, the
Toronto International Film Festival
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, and the
1998 Toronto International Film Festival
The 23rd Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 10 to September 19, 1998. A total of 311 films were screened during the ten-day festival, commencing with the opening gala, ''The Red Violin''.
Awards
Programmes
Gala Opening Nigh ...
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[Toronto International Film festival]
Plot summary
Beni, age 15, becomes enamoured with the lead singer of the struggling rock band "The Minks", Fögi Müller, who is ten years older than him.
Fögi ensnares him with the perceived glamor of being a musician, takes him on as the band's 'roadie', and at the same time seduces him. Beni unquestionably follows him, including following him into drug addiction. Beni's youthful innocence is destroyed in a milieu of sex, drinking, drugs, and rock-and-roll. He ends up prostituting himself to pay for Fögi's drug habit.
Primary cast
* Frédéric Andrau ... Fögi
* Vincent Branchet ... Beni Müller
* Urs Peter Halter ... Töbe
* Jean-Pierre von Dach ... Wäde
See also
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List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films
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1990s French-language films
1998 films
1998 drama films
French LGBT-related films
Swiss LGBT-related films
Films about child sexual abuse
LGBT-related drama films
1998 LGBT-related films
French-language Swiss films
1990s French films
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