History Film / LostInParadise

* LongTitle: The full title is "Hot Studs on the Loose and the Story of the Guy Who Smiles, the Prostitute, and the Duck". Dubbing shortens it to "Lost in Paradise".
* ManChild: Cười, "the guy who smiles".

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The subtitles.

%% * BastardBoyfriend: Đông.

** Đông is muscular, very aggressive and dominating.
** Khôi would be this if not for him crying a lot.

* LongTitle: It has a very long title.

* ManlyGay: Đông - muscular, very aggressive and dominating. Khôi would be this if not for him crying a lot.

As the title implies, the plot is made up of two separate story lines, both about people on the bottom rung of Saigon's gritty society. The first one is about a male prostitute who keeps two incredibly well-groomed cats, seeking to escape his abusive BastardBoyfriend, and falling in love with a boy who is running away from his hometown after being outed against his wishes. The second is about a female sex worker befriending a mute, mentally challenged man who hatches a duck from an egg.

!!Tropes in the film:

* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Well, one of them at least.]]
* CampGay: Some of the male sex workers and their customers. One patron is outrageously so, which is PlayedForLaughs, and Lam is also borderline.

%% * TwoLinesNoWaiting

''Hot Boy Nổi Loạn và Câu Chuyện Về Thằng Cười, Cô Gái Điếm Và Con Vịt'' (''Hot Studs On The Loose and The Story Of The Guy Who Smiles, The Prostitute And The Duck''), or simply ''Hot Boy Nổi Loạn'' is Vietnam's first example of a serious gay-themed movie with a progressive message. Debuting in August 2011 under the rather uninspired English title '''Lost In Paradise''', the film managed to make waves among the conservative public and media of Vietnam thanks to its humanistic take on homosexuality and prostitution, being at once dark and humorous, as well as handling trendy and controversial topics with subtlety and production values rarely seen in current Vietnamese cinema.

'''''Hot Boy Nổi Loạn và Câu Chuyện Về Thằng Cười, Cô Gái Điếm Và Con Vịt''''' (''Hot Studs On The Loose and The Story Of The Guy Who Smiles, The Prostitute And The Duck''), or simply '''''Hot Boy Nổi Loạn''''' is Vietnam's first example of a serious gay-themed movie with a progressive message. Debuting in August 2011 under the rather uninspired English title '''Lost In Paradise''', the film managed to make waves among the conservative public and media of Vietnam thanks to its humanistic take on homosexuality and prostitution, being at once dark and humorous, as well as handling trendy and controversial topics with subtlety and production values rarely seen in current Vietnamese cinema.

* YaoiGuys: Lam and Khôi. Contrary to intuition, Lam is the {{Seme}} despite being less buff than Khôi.

'''Tropes in the film:'''

* BastardBoyfriend: Đông.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't push Hạnh too far.
* BlackComedy

* LongTitle

* ShrinkingViolet: Khôi.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting

* [[spoiler:BuryYourGays: Well, one of them at least.]]

* ClusterFBomb
* CrapsackWorld: Saigon.
* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]
* FirstLawOfTragicomedies

* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: {{YMMV}} with Cười. Whether he's pure ''and'' mentally handicapped, or pure ''because'' he's mentally handicapped, is up to your interpretation.