Rent Boys
Rent Boys is a 2011 German documentary film directed, written and produced by Rosa von Praunheim.
The film focuses on male prostitution oriented to gay men in and around Bahnhof Zoo train station, a central transport facility in Berlin that has been a meeting place between gay men and male prostitutes for more than forty years.
The film consists of interviews with current and former hustlers, their male customers, and the social workers who try to help them. It portrays not only the tragic fate of some of the male prostitutes, their everyday life and routines, but also other aspects related to male prostitution: poverty, drug addiction, AIDS, crime, migration, love, and partnership.
