30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: Festival Laurels from around the World

Close (2022) 15

Belgium, Netherlands, France | 2022 | 105 min.

Léo and Rémi are close. They have boyhood adventures, share the world and almost every moment together. But they're reaching an age when things start to have names. What do they have, friendship or love? School starts after the holidays and thus start the nosy questions and ironic remarks of their classmates. As childhood ends, adulthood intrudes inexorably into the two friends' previously carefree world.

CountryBelgium, Netherlands, France
Year2022
Duration105 min
Rating15
LanguageFrench
SubtitleCzech, English
Directed by Lukas Dhont
Screenplay Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens
Director of Photography Frank van den Eeden
Music Valentin Hadjadj
Edited by Alain Dessauvage
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Biography

Screenwriter and director from Belgium. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. His award-winning films include the short films Headlong (Corps perdu, 2012) and L'Infini (2014), and the feature dramas Girl (2018) and Close (2022). He's also made many videos.

Festival Laurels, Queer