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London rent boy plays it straight in Greek Pete

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Andrew Haigh mockumentary about a London rent boy plays it absolutely straight.

I only twigged at the end that buff, ambitious, cliché-spouting Pete ("At the end of the day you’re a product!") is not quite what he seems.

Pete Pittaros, a real-life male escort, answered an ad placed by the film-maker, and the narrative they dreamed up together involves tenderly doomed romance, a chemical Christmas and even an anticlimactic trip to LA.

It’s a black comedy, full of great lines (Pete to client, off camera: "You lonely, sad, sad, pathetic person!") and it deserves to be a mainstream hit.

What a shame that it’s often unnecessarily graphic. Thanks to all that throbbing gristle, it probably won’t be coming to a cinema near you.

Greek Pete
Cert: 18

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