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Close (12A)

Award-winning drama about two thirteen-year old boys whose intense friendship is suddenly disrupted. 

Thirteen-year-olds Léo and Rémi are inseparable: best friends, as close as brothers. But as they start a new school year, the pressures of burgeoning adolescence challenge their bond with unexpected and far-reaching consequences.  

Winner of the Grand Prix award at Cannes 2022 and nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 2023 Academy Awards, Close is an elegant, poetic and empathetic study of youth from acclaimed writer-director Lukas Dhont, with incredible performances from newcomers Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele.

  • DIRECTOR: Lukas Dhont
  • CAST: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Lea Drucker, Kevin Janssens, Emilie Duquenne, Igor van Dessel 
  • LANGUAGE: French, Dutch with English subtitles

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