The boy from Vientiane

It is Autumn in Paris, and Pierre is frankly bored. He is fifty years old and
he has long since abandoned any kind of commitment to the relationship with
his wife Hélène Grazziano-Benz, the promiscuous and media-obsessed president
of the NGO  Terre d’enfants (A Land for Children). Though his life is
comfortable and secure, he is intensely bored by its dreary and tedious
routine. However he manages to create some excitement in his life through
occasional furtive sexual encounters with men, though they are never more than
one-night stands.
His encounter with Laum, a beautiful young man from Laos, who seems shy, well-
educated yet eager to learn, ambiguous yet determined, suddenly plunges Pierre
headlong into a full-blown love-affair. The passion which Laum arouses will
lead to the breaking down of all the barriers with which Pierre has so
carefully surrounded himself; there will be no more certainties, no more
inhibitions.
From the hushed salons of polite French society to the deceptive tranquillity
of Vientiane and the vibrant sexual excesses of Pattaya life. All the taboos
will be challenged in an explosion of sexual promiscuity, corruption, greed
and human venality.
Crooked politicians, corrupt NGO’s, ruthless businessmen and blackmail; all
are portrayed here against the backdrop of a gay scene both in Paris and Asia.
And the price to be paid for breaking the rules...? Death beckons at the end
of the road.