The feature documentary on the beach boys who've made Bali a leading destination for female sex tourists.Each year, thousands of women travel to Bali in search of paradise. And many find it in the arms of Kuta Cowboys. Masters at peddling holiday romance, these bronzed beach ambassadors have made Bali one of the world’s leading destinations for female sex tourists.
COWBOYS IN PARADISE is an independent feature documentary that gets between the sheets of Bali’s male sex trade. Using a series of startling, and often hilarious confessions, the film reveals some of the island’s most closely-guarded secrets. Why don’t the boys charge for sex? How then do women compensate them? Where do time management skills fit into all this? And how does a Cowboy’s family feel about his errant ways?
The film also charts the typical trajectory of a Cowboy’s life, from entry into beach life to his reign at the top of the tourist-industry chain, before following his heartbreaking descent into obsolescence. By the end, the myth of paradise is shattered and the viewer is presented with a more realistic proposition: Paradise is always elsewhere.