Line #6 Film/LostInParadise


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Lam looking at Khôi]]
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4	''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.
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6	As the title implies, the plot is made up of two separate storylines, 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 [[DomesticAbuser abusive boyfriend]] 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.
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10	!! ''Lost in Paradise'' provides examples of:
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12	%% * BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't push Hạnh too far.
13	%% * BlackComedy
14	* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Well, one of them at least.]]
15	* CampGay: Some of the male sex workers and their customers. One patron is outrageously so, which is PlayedForLaughs. Lam is a borderline example.
16	%%* ClusterFBomb
17	%%* CrapsackWorld: Saigon.
18	%%* DownerEnding
19	%%* FirstLawOfTragicomedies
20	* FishOutOfWater: Khôi. It doesn't help that he gets tricked into losing all his clothes and money on his first day in Saigon.
21	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Hạnh and Lam. That said, some of the latter's actions are [[WhatTheHellHero way too questionable]].
22	* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Cười. Whether he's pure ''and'' mentally handicapped, or pure ''because'' he's mentally handicapped, is up to your interpretation.
23	* LetsGetDangerous: Hạnh and Lam again. Lam then proceeds to TakeALevelInBadass on the definitely wrong side of the law. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well.]]
24	%%* ManChild: Cười, "the guy who smiles".
25	* ManlyGay:
26	** Đông is muscular, very aggressive, and dominating.
27	** Khôi is masculine as well but in a less toxic way -- he's not afraid of crying when feeling overwhelmed, which, given his crappy circumstances, happens a lot.
28	* MeaningfulName: Trần Thị Phước Hạnh, an ironic example. Phước means "luck" and Hạnh means "womanly virtues". She's a whore with a shitty life.
29	* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: Happens three times, to three different characters.
30	* OcularGushers: No, people in Vietnam don't cry nearly as much in real life.
31	* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Most of Khôi's lines. This is regrettable since other characters speak in much more believable language.
32	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Hạnh. [[spoiler:It didn't end well either.]]
33	%% * ShrinkingViolet: Khôi.
34	* StraightGay: The main gay characters are this, to varying degrees.
35	* TwoLinesNoWaiting: As stated in the description, the film follows two separate PlotThreads, both about sex workers -- one of them is male and trapped in an abusive relationship he wants to end. The other is female and befriends a disabled man and a duck.
36	* YouCantFightFate: What Lam believes. Contrast with the ScrewDestiny attitude Khôi adopts at the end.
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