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Summary:
Les Minets Sauvages explores the claustrophobic and
repressive atmosphere of a reform school for young offenders
where the guards turn a blind eye to the rape and exploitation
that occurs amongst the young inmates, and occasionally
take advantage of the boys for their own pleasure too.
The actual ruler though is the tough but tender Vincent
(Luigi di Como), who brooks no disobedience from his underlings.
Didier Hamel plays a new inmate, a tender youngster who
has been abused at home. On arrival he is subjected to
a deliberately painful anal examination by one of the
guards, before Vincent welcomes him to the fold with a
multiple rape by himself and two henchmen.
The
precedent has been set, and Hamel finds himself constantly
on the bottom - in the dormitory, on firewood details,
in the bathrooms. Though he obviously enjoys the sexual
attention, he also wants the affection he never received,
even at home.
His
knight in shining armour turns out to be Jean-Louis Vaissieres,
the only inmate with the toughness to stand up to Vincent
and the tenderness to give Hamel affection along with
sex. Cadinot creates vignette after vignette of sexual
heat and coaxes from his young actors performances that
are convincing and realistic.
The
title is also known as Tough and Tender in the US
 Résumé
Sous un ciel gris, un Centre d'Education Surveillée.
Dans cet univers clos s'attirent, se confrontent, se provoquent
huit minets sauvages aux antécédents troubles.
Huit jeunes fauves aux pulsions sexuelles violentes, établissant
leur propre ordre social.
Le Chef de Clan traque, sans pitié, le nouveau venu et
le soumet à sa loi. Le dortoir, la chaufferie, l'atelier
sont les cadres d'humiliations imposées à cette proie
facile.
Les jalousies, les tensions et les désirs éclatent à l'arrivée
du jeune loup solitaire. Un complice et lui prennent sous
leur protection la victime et mettent fin au règne féodal.
Mais le surveillant-chef n'est-il pas étranger à cette
chute?
Avec Les Minets Sauvages, Cadinot réussit une difficile
étude de mœurs et place d'emblée son oeuvre hors de toutes
catégories.
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