Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo

Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (French: Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau; also known as Theo and Hugo in some territories) is a 2016 French erotic romantic drama film written and directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] The film won the Audience Award at the Berlin Festival's 2016 Teddy Awards.[2]

Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo
Theatrical release poster
French	Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau
Directed by	Olivier Ducastel Jacques Martineau
Written by	Olivier Ducastel Jacques Martineau
Produced by	Emmanuel Chaumet
Starring	Geoffrey Couët François Nambot
Cinematography	Manuel Marmier
Edited by	Pierre Deschamps
Music by	Karelle+Kuntur
Production companies	Ecce Films Epicentre Films
Distributed by	Epicentre Films
Release dates	15 February 2016 (2016-02-15) (Berlin) 27 April 2016 (2016-04-27) (France)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The film stars Geoffrey Couët and François Nambot as two gay men who meet during the film's opening 20-minute scene at L'Impact, a gay sex club,[3] and follows them as they get to know each other during the next two hours, biking and walking in northeast Paris, visiting a hospital, riding the metro, and visiting one's apartment, encountering a woman on the Paris Métro and a counter server in a kebab shop.[4] The action of the film begins at 4:27 am and concludes at 5:59 am.[5]

The film was filmed over the course of 15 days, including 9 nights, on a small budget. The original script set the film over the course of 28 days, but was later changed to occur during real-time in the course of 93 minutes in the early morning hours.

The film has references to the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. According to gender studies scholar Todd Reeser, the film transforms the ancient myth to open up new narrative and gender ways of being.[6]