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The world of male prostitutes the Czech Republic is the lurid subject of this absorbing talking-heads documentary. The director interviews more than ten boys, ranging in age from 14 to 19 years old, who work the train station, discos and streets of Prague. They answer questions about their family background (most come from broken homes), how they got their start selling themselves, what they do to a john and for how much, whether they consider themselves gay or not (50/50), their fear of AIDS, and what their aspirations are. The boys' responses offer a fascinating glimpse into a seldom seen world -- although one gets the uncomfortable feeling (aided by the fact that the boys were paid by the filmmaker to lay bare their lives and the use of pornographic footage) that both the viewer and the filmmaker are involved as well in the exploitation of these vulnerable young men.

 -- Raymond Murray