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Disco Boy

Date & Time

Sun. Jun. 23, 2024 5 PM-6:30 PM
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Location Main Campus | Law Building

Parking at Beck Garage
Drop off at Beck Building

Film Information

Theater Brown Auditorium Theater, digital
Directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese
Year 2023
Length 92 minutes
Country France/Italy/Belgium/Poland
Language Ibo, French, English, and Polish with English subtitles

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Disco Boy

Date & Time

Sun. Jun. 23, 2024 5 PM-6:30 PM
This event has passed

Location Main Campus | Law Building

Parking at Beck Garage
Drop off at Beck Building

Film Information

Theater Brown Auditorium Theater, digital
Directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese
Year 2023
Length 92 minutes
Country France/Italy/Belgium/Poland
Language Ibo, French, English, and Polish with English subtitles

The charismatic Franz Rogowski (Passages; Transit) stars as a Belarusian immigrant haunted by his actions while serving in the French Foreign Legion. Giacomo Abbruzzese’s stylish debut feature won the Berlin Film Festival’s Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution.

The Guardian calls Disco Boy “a visually thrilling, ambitious, and distinctly freaky adventure into the heart of imperial darkness . . . or an alternative reality.” 

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Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.

Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; L'Alliance Française de Houston; and ILEX Foundation.