''Body Without Soul'' ( cs, Tělo bez duše) is a 1996
documentary film about a number of 14- to 17-year-old boys in
Prague working as
prostitutes. The creator of the documentary,
Wiktor Grodecki
Wiktor Grodecki (born 25 February 1960 in Warsaw) is a Polish film director, screenwriter and producer known for ''Mandragora'' (five main prizes at Geneva "Stars Of Tomorrow" film festival in Switzerland in 1997 and Audience Choice Award at Palm S ...
, interviews the boys about their lives and how they got into sex work. The film explores their hopes and fears, and the boys talk about their bodies and souls, money, their
sexual orientation,
AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...
, their dreams, and death.
The film is the second of Grodecki's three films about
male prostitution, the others being ''
Not Angels But Angels
''Not Angels But Angels'' is a 1994 documentary film about teenage boys and young men in Prague working as prostitutes, primarily there and also in other European cities in the region. The creator of the documentary, Wiktor Grodecki interviews t ...
'' (1994) and ''
Mandragora'' (1997).
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1996 films
1990s Czech-language films
Czech LGBT-related films
Films about child prostitution
Works about prostitution in the Czech Republic
Documentary films about male prostitution
Documentary films about child abuse
1996 documentary films
1996 LGBT-related films
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