

Disco Boy
After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei, a Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. Jomo, a Nigerian, fights for the survival and durability of his people in the Niger Delta and is ready to die to defend his ideas. These two young people who are sacrificed and smashed together will, against all odds, meet and their destinies will merge to continue across borders, bodies, life and death...
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6.4/10
85 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3.5M
- Box office
- $2.6K
- Language
- English
- france
- sacrifice
- foreign legion
- lgbt
- french foreign legion
- niger delta
- gay theme
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Belgium, France, Italy, Poland
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)New York City, New York2 Feb 2024
- Theatrical (limited)Los Angeles, California9 Feb 2024
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical (limited)1529 Mar 2024
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival3 Aug 2023
AlbaniaAL
- PremiereTirana European Youth Film Festival8 Sept 2024
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+9 Nov 2023
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-126 Oct 2023
FranceFR
- Theatrical3 May 2023
- PhysicalDVD5 Sept 2023
- Digital / OTTArte•tv11 Feb 2026
- TVArte11 Feb 2026
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival19 Feb 2023
Hong KongHK
- PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival5 Apr 2023
ItalyIT
- Theatrical9 Mar 2023
LithuaniaLT
- TheatricalN-1318 Aug 2023
PolandPL
- Theatrical13 Oct 2023
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Disco Boy was released on 9 March 2023.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/6/2024
If you're expecting some Bee Gees or Donna Summer here, then you're going to be disappointed. Indeed there's precious little disco at all in this story of "Alex" (Franz Rogowski). He and his friend "Mikhail" (Michal Balicki) have a cunning plan to get from their home in Belarus to Poland and then on to France where they may eventually gain citizenship by joining the Foreign Legion. That doesn't quite go to plan, but …
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