Thirteen-year-old Rémi and Léo are inseparable. Their intense friendship also involves an unusual physical closeness, which becomes the target of sneering remarks from their adolescent classmates and irrevocably disrupts their relationship. This intimately tender and oppressively painful film about growing up was considered by many to be the emotional pinnacle of this year’s festival in Cannes, where it earned the Grand Prix (ex aequo).
Thirteen-year-old Rémi and Léo are inseparable friends. They spend all their free time together, fight imaginary battles, try to outdo each other on their bikes in the fields, and sleep over at each other’s houses. Their intense friendship also involves an unusual physical closeness, which after the summer break becomes the target of sneering remarks from their adolescent classmates, the poisonous tone of which slowly begins to erode their friendship. This intimately tender and oppressively painful film about growing up is built around the immensely powerful debut performances by Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele. Lukas Dhont’s film was considered by many to be the emotional pinnacle of this year’s festival in Cannes, where it earned the Grand Prix (ex aequo).
Lenka Tyrpáková
105 min / Color, DCP
Director Lukas Dhont
/ Screenplay Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens
/ Dir. of Photography Frank van den Eeden
/ Music Valentin Hadjadj
/ Sound Yanna Soentjens
/ Editor Alain Dessauvage
/ Art Director Eve Martin
/ Producer Michiel Dhont, Dirk Impens
/ Production MENUET
/ Coproduction Diaphana Films, Topkapi Films, Versus Production
/ Cast Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Léa Drucker, Kevin Janssens, Émilie Dequenne, Igor van Dessel
/ Sales The Match Factory
/ Distributor Artcam Films
Lukas Dhont (1991, Belgium). Selected filmography: Girl (2018), Close (2022).
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