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Homme Less (83' and 59')

Directed by Thomas Wirthensohn

  • “expertly crafted knock-out”
    Filmmaker Magazine

HOMME LESS is about the underbelly of the American Dream, the hidden backyard of our society. Mark’s life stands as a metaphor for the struggle of the vanishing middle class in America. But it’s also a film about the relationship between New York City and one of its residents. New York is not simply a beautiful backdrop for this story. She’s the antagonist that dictates the direction Mark’s life is going in. The joy and pain, the love and hate, the success and denial New York is teasing him with, the hardship he is going through in order to stay in her grace and the inventiveness he comes up with to be with her are all unique.

Mark walks the streets of Manhattan looking like a millionaire, wearing designer suits and expensive leather shoes. He seems to be well off, and works in the prestigious fashion and movie business. He is eloquent, charming and good looking, and obviously has a lot going for him. But while during the day he pursues a ‘normal’ life, late at night he goes to a place where the American Dream has turned into a nightmare.

HOMME LESS captures a raw and unfiltered moment in time, our time, and raises the question of how far are we from losing everything, even our homes? How often do we have to pretend that everything is fine in order to keep up the facade of being a well-off member of society? And how far do we go to take the financial pressure off our shoulders to live a more carefree life, a life we aspire to live?

What went wrong in Mark’s life? How is he able to keep up his facade of success and fool everyone?  What keeps him from going under? What motivates him to put up with this rather unthinkable situation?  What were and are his hopes and desires in life?

Mark stands lost and alone in the midst of eight million dreams, balanced between the glamorous surfaces of this vibrant and inspiring city and its far from glamorous hidden backyard. He is the HOMME LESS.

"HOMME LESS on RTBF Belgium" In The Press
Telepro Belgium: HOMME LESS comes to RTBF as part of Millennium Doc Collection. MORE +
Paramais (Brazil): The untold story of a homeless fashion photographerMORE +
Fashion Post (Japan): HOMME LESS to launch in JapanMORE +
Yahoo Japan: HOMME LESS heading to Japan for a theatrical roadshow MORE +
Almrsal (Saudi Arabia): A film about the life story of Mark ReayMORE +
RTBF (Belgium): HOMME LESS wins RTBF Prize at Millennium Film FestivalMORE +
Guardian: 4 stars...A revealing documentary about former fashion model Mark Reay looks beyond the stereotypes attached to the homeless.MORE +
Time Out: 4 stars. A moving, enlightening documentary about a homeless male model living on the streets of New York.MORE +
Cinema Scope (Spain): HOMME LESS - The incredible story about Mark ReayMORE +
Humo (Belgium): Please pay attention to the excellent documentary, HOMME LESSMORE +
Il Giornale (Italy): From model to homelessness, six years in the streetMORE +
SRF News (Switzerland): Homelessness and glamor in New YorkMORE +
Epoch Times (Taiwan): He is a fashion photographer by day, at night he was sleeping on the roof of the trampMORE +
NTDTV (China): How much can you pay for a dream?MORE +
China Times: Behind the bright lights of New York fashion photographer's wandering lifeMORE +
It's Nice That: HOMME LESS #3 in list of Top 25 Moving Image of 2015MORE +
Exquisito (Spain): HOMME LESS, fashion photographer concealed being homelessMORE +
Glits (Mexico): Mark Reay, the fashion photographer who lived on the streetMORE +
ABC The View: Model Mark Reay on 'The View': Subject of Documentary HOMME LESSMORE +
Trends (China): Tramp in the fashion circle - HOMME LESSMORE +
BBC World Service: The secret double life of a fashion photographer in HOMME LESSMORE +
News Dayoo (China): New York's Most Fashionable TrampMORE +
CBC Radio: Former homeless model Mark Reay on keeping up appearancesMORE +
Fame Magazine (UK): Mumford & Sons’ ‘Tompkins Square Park’ Features In Fascinating And Poignant Documentary ‘Homme Less’MORE +
RTVE (Spain): Model of the day, 'homeless' night (VIDEO)MORE +
Hoy Cinema (Spain): The photographer and a famous actor who lived as a vagabond nightsMORE +
RTVE (Spain): 'Homme Less': modelo de día, mendigo de nocheMORE +
GQ (Spain): The incredible story of Mark Reay, the fashion photographer who was homeless at nightMORE +
Huffington Post (Spain): The double life of Mark Reay, the fashion photographer who survived six years sleeping in the streetMORE +
Telecinco (Spain): Fashion photographer by day and night homeless (VIDEO)MORE +
El Mundo (Spain): Fashion photographer by day, beggar by nightMORE +
Republica (Spain): Mark Reay, fashion photographer by day, homeless at nightMORE +
5 Election (Italy): HOMME LESS - A Cool Documentary About The Life Of Model And Fashion Photographer Mark ReayMORE +
Marie Claire (Spain): Mark Reay, the homeless who triumphed in the world of fashionMORE +
HBL (Finland): New York's Most Stylish Homeless Person in HOMME LESSMORE +
YLE Fem: Successful in the day - homeless at nightMORE +
Nederlands Dagblad: Homeless with a full time job in New YorkMORE +
BBC: New York's hidden homelessMORE +
Express (Croatia): Poznati modni fotograf šokirao: Godinama živi kao beskućnikMORE +
Business Insider: This homeless fashion photographer is proof that things are not always as glamorous as they seemMORE +
The Straight: A New York fashionista reveals what it's like to be Homme LessMORE +
Dagens Industri (Sweden): Ambitious, well-dressed and homelessMORE +
Metro News Canada: VIFF documentary follows semi-pro NYC photographer and actor - and homeless man - Mark ReayMORE +
Monte Cristo Magazine: Roof with a view - HOMME LESS at Vancouver International Film FestivalMORE +
Forbes Austria on HOMME LESS: In the footsteps of a survival artistMORE +
Deadbeat Creative: HOMME LESS is definitely a fascinating storyMORE +
Public (France): Mark Reay - De mannequin à SDF, il n’y a qu’un pasMORE +
Nine MSN Australia: Meet New York's Homeless fashion photographerMORE +
Die Presse (Austria): Male model, 50, homelessMORE +
Street Roots: Life of glamour — and homelessnessMORE +
Mega Shares China: Wandering photographer, homeless fashion city worker MORE +
Metro News Netherlands: Documentary about Homeless Fashion PhotographerMORE +
Elle (South Africa): Fashion's Homeless PhotographerMORE +
Interview Magazine (Germany): A film shows the life of a homeless fashion photographerMORE +
Dazed & Confused: Meet New York's homeless fashion photographerMORE +
Radio Paula (Chile): Pasó de la calle a la fama y lo retrató en un documental: “Homme Less”MORE +
Beautiful Savage: HOMME LESS is a beautiful tale of a life in the shadowsMORE +
Conde Nast (Italy): From model to photographer, Mark Reay is the typical city man. MORE +
Bild (Germany): Beautiful, Successful, HomelessMORE +
Radio Zero (Chile): The documentary about a homeless fashion photographerMORE +
Vistazo: Mark Reay, the fashion photographer who lived homelessMORE +
El Pais (Spain): The fashion photographer who for six years slept in the openMORE +
Daring To Do (Italy): Mark Reay il primo modello clochard di New YorkMORE +
De Morgan (Belgium): Behind the glamor, lies an uncomfortable picture of the American Dream. MORE +
Haaretz (Israel): The story of actor and male model Mark ReayMORE +
Corriere Della Sera: Mark, the well-dressed homeless modelMORE +
The Plaid Zebra: Meet The Model Actor and Photographer Who Was Homeless for Six YearsMORE +
i-D Vice (Italy): Meet homeless fashion photographer Mark ReayMORE +
i-D Vice (Germany): Meet the homeless fashion photographer Mark Reay. MORE +
WRadio (Colombia): Mark Reay speaks about the documentary on his lifeMORE +
NewsTalk FM (Ireland): The Homeless SupermodelMORE +
Buro247 (Russia): The story of a homeless fashion photographerMORE +
Elle (Japan): we call HOMME LESS the big toip in August in NY. MORE +
Kafeteria (Poland): The extraordinary story of a homeless photographer. MORE +
Cropped Magazine (Germany)MORE +
Cosmopolitan (Russia): The most stylish homeless man of New York became the hero of the movieMORE +
Big Issue (UK) HOMME LESS shows that anybody can be affected by homelessness – and appearances can be deceptive.MORE +
Overchic (Taiwan): The fashion photographer living on the streets of two-sided lifeMORE +
Planisferio (Mexico): LESS HOMME Another aspect of the fashion industryMORE +
i-D Vice: Meet Mark Reay, the fashion photographer with nowhere to sleep MORE +
i-D Vice (Spain): Mark Reay is a famous fashion photographer who has no place to sleep.MORE +
i-D Vice: street style - meet homeless fashion photographer mark reayMORE +
Lifo (Greece): Homme Less - The incredible story of Mark Reay MORE +
Hunting down a Chinese General’s American originsMORE +
Toasted (Switzerland): Between glamor and homelessnessMORE +
Disassociated: The story of Mark Reay, the homeless A-list fashion photographerMORE +
BBC News Talking Movies: Homme Less in New YorkMORE +
BBC Culture: Homme Less - The homeless male modelMORE +
It Fashion (Spain): Mark Reay, The Fashion Photographer Who No One Knew Was HomelessMORE +
GetNews Japan: The identity of the popular photographer who was "homeless"MORE +
Playboy: Meet the Fashion Photographer Who Happens To Be Homme LessMORE +
Spletnik (Russia): New York's homeless at fashion shows: the history model and photographer Mark ReayMORE +
Visionaireworld: HOMME LESS is a troubling contrast in the context of public appearances and reality.MORE +
10 Magazine Australia: Homeless Model Turned Photographer in HOMME LESSMORE +
Paste Magazine on HOMME LESS: "Affecting, thought-provoking...there are few other movies like it this year."MORE +
Die Welt (Germany): The secret double life of homeless modelsMORE +
Hollywood Reporter on HOMME LESS: An engaging and very unusual story of homelessness.MORE +
N24 News (Germany): Mark Reay in New York model, mid-50s, homelessMORE +
Vista La Calle (Spain): Mark Reay, the fashion photographer who portrayed his life as a hobo for the documentary Homme LessMORE +
Blick (Switzerland): Daytime Model, Night HomelessMORE +
Indiewire: Thomas Wirthensohn’s sensitively realized portrait, HOMME LESS explores the realities, perceptions and ways in which people are just trying to get through the day.MORE +
Fox 9: A model of homelessness - Mark Reay tells his whole story in a new documentary called HOMME LESS (VIDEO)MORE +
Freezlo (Greece): Homme Less - The homeless photographer who works with models and famous magazinesMORE +
Playground Mag (Spain): The homeless man working for top fashion magazinesMORE +
Roger Ebert: HOMME LESS is a fascinating account of a man who plays a role in order to hide the reality of his life.MORE +
Reel News Daily: HOMME LESS is a beautifully shot portrait of one man’s journey to not only survive, but thrive, in this big city.MORE +
WNYC: HOMME LESS Doc of the Week....stunning visuals, immersive jazz score, and an unforgettable lead character."MORE +
New York Times: Poignancy and pathos distinguish Thomas Wirthensohn’s polished documentary, HOMME LESSMORE +
Cut Print Film: HOMME LESS is deeply entertaining and frankMORE +
Bustle: 'Homme Less' Documentary Tells Homeless Fashion Photographer Mark Reay's Riveting StoryMORE +
The Skanner: Homme Less, American Dream deferred documentary chronicling the plight of homelessMORE +
What (Not) To Doc: Thomas Wirthensohn exposes the dark underbelly of the American Dream in an often-merciless city.MORE +
Guardian: The fashion photographer who was homeless for six yearsMORE +
Rooftop Films / Film Wax Radio: HOMME LESS follows photographer, model & actor Mark Reay though a period of his life in New York City, where he lives without a home. (AUDIO)MORE +
It's Nice That: Mark Reay, the fashion photographer no one knew was homelessMORE +
Indiewire: Here's How The Award-Winning 'HOMME LESS,' About a Homeless Former Model, Came to LifeMORE +
Flavorwire: HOMME LESS, an original documentary about living homeless in NYCMORE +
Nowness: ​A homeless photographer and the underbelly of the American dreamMORE +
Unseen Films: HOMME LESS is worth your time when it hits theaters .MORE +
Vietnam News Go: Big surprise that fashion model is a homeless guyMORE +
Smells Like Screen Spirit: HOMME LESS will hopefully alter the political discourse on homelessness.MORE +
Realscreen: Sneak Peek - Thomas Wirthensohn's HOMME LESSMORE +
Fox NY: Life as a Homeless Model (VIDEO)MORE +
Excite (Japan): Published photographer in documentary film was homeless six years in the USMORE +
People Magazine: Man with Successful Modeling Career Reveals He Was Secretly HomelessMORE +
Tien Phong (Vietnam): Strange life story of homeless modelMORE +
Modern Weekly (China): Eastern District of New York's most fashionable trampMORE +
Power Apple (China): How bright decent fashion photographer turned out to be a trampMORE +
24H Vietnam: Homeless "Silver Fox" Mark Reay shown in documentary HOMME LESS.MORE +
Viet Bao (Vietnam): Strange life of a homeless modelMORE +
Village Voice: HOMME LESS is an adventure, a reason to despair, a chance to hang out with a great talker, and an often beautiful portrait of this city's promise and cruelty. MORE +
New York Review of Books: A new documentary HOMME LESS is a reminder of how far the homeless population now reaches n New York.MORE +
CBS Insider: The Highs and Lows of the Male Modeling Experience with Mark Reay from HOMME LESS (VIDEO)MORE +
Beautimode: 無家可歸的時尚工作者 《流浪型男攝影師》Mark Reay 穿梭城市的亮麗與冷酷MORE +
Project Casting: The True Story of a Homeless Working Actor and ModelMORE +
Reporter (Macedonia): Манекен бездомник: Денски сликал за Вог навечер спиел на кров од зградаMORE +
Blic (Serbia): During the day, I posed for "Vogue", and at night slept on the street. MORE +
Dagospia (Italy): Model and Tramp - Mark Reay Appears in Documentary HOMME LESSMORE +
Trazim (Bosnia): Male model Mark Reay is proof that all our prejudices are wrong.MORE +
GQ Brazil: Documentary shows the bizarre daily life of a homeless modelMORE +
STYLE.COM (Arabia): HOMME LESS explores the wild contrasts in Mark Reay's lifeMORE +
Viewing NYC: 56-year old model Mark Reay is the subject of a new tell-all documentary entitled Homme Less.MORE +
Annabelle: With HOMME LESS first-time director Wirthensohn captures a raw and unfiltered moment in time. MORE +
Trendy Minuto (Venezuela): 'HOMME LESS', A Portrait of a Homeless ModelMORE +
Metro TV News (Indonesia): Mark Reay, Model & Aktor yang Hidup MenggelandangMORE +
Dan Tri (Vietnam): Here is a true story about an elegant male model in New York, specializes in photography for famous fashion houses and lives homeless by night.MORE +
Paper Mag: Watch the Trailer For a Fascinating Documentary About a Homeless Fashion Photographer MORE +
Doi Song Phap Luat (Vietnam): Daytime modeling, homeless by nightMORE +
Filmmaker Magazine: HOMME LESS is an expertly crafted knockoutMORE +
Konbini (France): Docu - être mannequin et sans-abri à New YorkMORE +
F-Stoppers: The Story of a Homeless, Working Fashion Model and PhotographerMORE +
DIY Photography: The Incredible Story of a Well-Known Photographer Who Kept His Homelessness SecretMORE +
GQ: Homeless Model's Years Long Struggle Revealed in New Documentary, HOMME LESSMORE +
Complex: Meet the Model Who Has Walked in Shows for Versace and Moschino But Still Lives on the StreetsMORE +
Hype Beast: Meet New York City’s most handsome homeless man.MORE +
Dazed and Confused: The untold story of New York’s homeless fashion photographerMORE +
Daily Mail UK: 'Silver Fox' model who was homeless for SIX YEARS reveals how he would pose for Chanel and Vogue by day - and sleep under a tarp on a Manhattan roof by night.MORE +
Scallywag and Vagabond: HOMME LESS- Mark Reay homeless model that ought to inspire us. Read moreMORE +
Curbed NY: HOMME LESS is a new documentary about Mark Reay, who for six years lived on the roof of his friend's East Village building. MORE +
Indiewire: HOMME LESS tells the incredible story of Mark Reay, a model and photographerMORE +
EV Grieve: Homeless model lived for 6 years on an East Village rooftopMORE +
Four Pins: HOMME LESS is quite a story, for real. MORE +
New York Post: "I’m a model — and I’m homeless" subject of HOMME LESS tells his storyMORE +
Xnet (Israel): HOMME LESS - How to become a fashion photographer, homeless, living on the streetMORE +
SRQ Magazine: Mark Reay Finds Contentment Sleeping On A NYC Rooftop in HOMME LESSMORE +
Real Screen: HOMME LESS selected as a 2015 MIPTV PickMORE +
Global Comment: Thomas Wirthensohn’s beautifully crafted HOMME LESS follows the quintessentially eccentric New Yorker Mark ReayMORE +
UMASS Media: HOMME LESS is the story of failure and survival in the unforgiving city of New York. MORE +
ORF News: Self-Determination and Outlaws in HOMME LESSMORE +
Der Standard (Austria) on HOMME LESS: The entire fashion scene seems to know Mark, but his other existence is his big secret.MORE +
Indiewire: HOMME LESS wins DOC NYC Metropolis CompetitionMORE +
Global Comment: Interview with HOMME LESS Director Thomas Wirthensohn and Subject Mark ReayMORE +
Village Voice on HOMME LESS: Joyous yet dispiriting portrait...about the struggle to live and to thrive in this city, in this country, in this world.MORE +
Daily Beast: HOMME LESS is a thoughtful, intriguing work, its vision of a life in New York boosted by an elegant, jazzy score MORE +

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