Close (2022)
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Two thirteen year-olds have always been incredibly close but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. An emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.
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... Léo
... Rémi
... Sophie
... Nathalie
... Charlie
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Thirteen year old "Léo" (Eden Dambrine) and his schoolfriend "Rémi" (Gustav De Waele) are inseparable. The play together, eat together, sleep together - an ideal fraternal relationship. At school, though, their classmates start to make disparaging remarks about them, and the naturally more gregarious "Léo" begins to shun his friend a little, then a little more... Tragedy ensues after "Rémi" doesn't show up for a school trip and the repercussions hit the young "Léo" and "Sophie" (Émilie Dequenne) - the mother of his friend - especially hard. On one level this film is about cruelty. Not a deliberate, malevolent style of cruelty - but one of indifference, of ignorance - a bully's sort of cruelty. On another it is a story of love, loyalty - betrayal even. It is an highly emotional film with two excellent performances from the young boys conveying their respective responses to a bewildering array of suspicion and judgements being thrust their way by those who knew no better - but should have. It's about parenting, about openness and about how people deal with tragedy in their own, personal way - and it is very effective. It really does leave a lump in your throat afterwards. Well worth a watch.
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Release Date:
2022-11-01
Run Time:
104 min
MMPA Rating:
PG-13
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Close
Thirteen year old "Léo" (Eden Dambrine) and his schoolfriend "Rémi" (Gustav De Waele) are inseparable. The play together, eat together, sleep together - an ideal fraternal relationship. At school, though, their classmates start to make disparaging remarks about them, and the naturally more gregarious "Léo" begins to shun his friend a little, then a little more... Tragedy ensues after "Rémi" doesn't show up for a school trip and the repercussions hit the young "Léo" and "Sophie" (Émilie Dequenne) - the mother of his friend - especially hard. On one level this film is about cruelty. Not a deliberate, malevolent style of cruelty - but one of indifference, of ignorance - a bully's sort of cruelty. On another it is a story of love, loyalty - betrayal even. It is an highly emotional film with two excellent performances from the young boys conveying their respective responses to a bewildering array of suspicion and judgements being thrust their way by those who knew no better - but should have. It's about parenting, about openness and about how people deal with tragedy in their own, personal way - and it is very effective. It really does leave a lump in your throat afterwards. Well worth a watch.
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Close
Cast
... Léo
... Rémi
... Sophie
... Nathalie
... Charlie
... Peter
... Yves
... Baptiste
... Céline
... Thomas
... Mark
... Ice Hockey Coach
... Ice Hockey Coach
... Denise
... Baptiste's Father
... Doctor
... Teacher
... Sophie's Colleague
... Sophie's Colleague
... Master of Ceremony
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... Co-Producer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Producer
... Producer
... Co-Producer
... Editor
... Co-Producer
... Director of Photography
... Writer
... Director
... Writer
... Sound Designer
... Co-Producer
... Original Music Composer
... Costume Design
... Sound Effects Editor
... First Assistant Director
... Producer
... Production Design
... Makeup Artist
... Production Assistant
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