Emergency Exit

Sex, emotion and realism pushed to the extreme. A 1998 vision of "Minets Sauvages". It's hard to live in a hot city when you love boys! His older, bisexual brother is an enemy, his parents a threat; neighbours, stairs, cellars, car parks, a daily trap where the law of nature rules. Difficulties to assume his difference, rapes, dominations, and sometimes tenderness are a part of life. Regularly harassed, he runs away and takes refuge with a lover who cynically makes use of his distress and demands a "right of entry". He doesn't stay for long. Rodolphe gets in the way and is thrown out. Back at his parents' many conflicts await him.

Directed by Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Emergency Exit leans on a strong ensemble — Alexis Ciccone, Rodolphe Vacano, Rudolf Bronski — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1998.