Aleksandr's Price

By: Raymond Murray
In-House Review - Jul 10 2013

A young man's entrapment in the degrading world of male prostitution is the theme of this melancholic indie - produced, directed, written by and starring (super-sexy) Spanish actor/model Pau Masó.

Aleksandr is a timid young man and recent illegal Russian émigré, now living in New York. Sensitive and timid to a fault, he soon finds himself all alone after his mother's sudden suicide. Needing money, he begins dancing in a seedy gay club, a job that both pays well and offers him a feeling of being wanted and desired.

The dancing soon evolves into escorting as Aleksandr almost reluctantly becomes a prostitute with a steady stream of regulars. But he soon realizes that the physical pleasure does not satisfy his desperate yearning for love. He even fools himself into believing he has found "the one" in the form of one of his customers, a married "straight" man who is actually only interested in his hot ass.

Soon his world becomes a series of sexual encounters with none of the emotional comfort he craves. He becomes increasingly troubled and reaches out for help to different men - but is their help real, or just another guy trying to get into his pants?

Aleksandr's Price is an impassioned, emotional look at one man's hard-knock life, the decisions he makes and the price he pays for them.

By: gbelly

By: Amos Lassen

Aleksandr (Pau Maso who also wrote and stars in the film) is an emotionally troubled young male prostitute in Manhattan and his story is one of sex, loneliness and redemption. It all began when Aleksandr is drawn into the dark, sensuous underbelly of New York City's club scene. He was a young Russian immigrant who was alone after his mother died. He begins using and selling his body to deal with the loss of his mother and soon finds himself torn with a new personality. He puts himself into compromising sexual situations and his life takes a drastic turn.

He had been a timid young man who was sensitive. He needed money so he began dancing at a seedy gay bar. The pay was good and he felt desired.

However, the dancing led to escorting and prostitution. He had a group of regulars but he soon understood that his need for love was not being met by the johns. He even thought that he had found the "one" with one of his customers who was a married man and only cared about the sex and not the provider.

Eventually his world became nothing more than sexual encounters with none of the emotion that he longed for and Aleksandr becomes more and more troubled and reaches out to several men for help but realized that they wanted only to get into his pants. It is not a pretty story but one we should see.