Last night, PJ and I watched Fögi Is a Bastard, a 1999 French movie about a 15-year-old boy named Beni who meets and falls in love with Fögi, the lead singer of a rock band. Here’s the trailer:

The movie stars Vincent Branchet as Beni, who starts the movie as a shy, innocent kid who simply has a crush on his idol. Once Fögi, played by Frédéric Andrau, seduces him, however, the two begin a downward spiral of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll that may ultimately cost them their lives. (Does that sound like it comes from the back-of-the-dvd?)

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