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- 2022
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- 1h 44m
The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a... Read allThe intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.
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Normally I don't go to this kind of flicks but it has been said that this Belgian entry for the Oscars could win. So on a rainy night in a foreign city I went to see it at a very small venue.
The title says exactly what you get. A story about two teenage friends getting close somehow in their friendship and people do ask themselve if they are in love. But not only that is close. The way it was shot also brings you close to the characters.
I can tell without spoiling that at the end of this flick I heard a lot of crying at the venue. Why? Because most people do recognise thelselve in the storyline.
Excellent performances by the teenagers knowing that they weren't actors at all.
Okay, I agrre, Belgium is on the road for an Oscar.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 0/5 Story 3,5/5 Comedy 0/5.
The title says exactly what you get. A story about two teenage friends getting close somehow in their friendship and people do ask themselve if they are in love. But not only that is close. The way it was shot also brings you close to the characters.
I can tell without spoiling that at the end of this flick I heard a lot of crying at the venue. Why? Because most people do recognise thelselve in the storyline.
Excellent performances by the teenagers knowing that they weren't actors at all.
Okay, I agrre, Belgium is on the road for an Oscar.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 0/5 Story 3,5/5 Comedy 0/5.
10Dr_Zen
Wow!. I'm glad I didn't know what this film was about, before watching it. The only thing I knew beforehand, is that it was about the close friendship between two young boys. I recommend watching this film with little to no knowledge of what happens, but make sure you have plenty of tissues ready to use. The acting performances of everyone in the movie is top shelf, but the two lead actors are truly exceptional, especially the lead actor "Eden Dambrine".
It's been a long time since a film has had such a BIG and profoundly deep impact on myself. It touched a part of my heart I had completely forgotten about, from my own childhood. I suspect many people will have a similar reaction. I'll be thinking about this movie for weeks to come and look forward to buying it on Blu-ray disc, when it is released. This brilliant movie has earnt a place in my top ten desert island collection of best movies ever. I can't recommend this movie enough - if you have a Heart, watch it. Highschool kids should watch this movie and discuss it afterwards.
It's been a long time since a film has had such a BIG and profoundly deep impact on myself. It touched a part of my heart I had completely forgotten about, from my own childhood. I suspect many people will have a similar reaction. I'll be thinking about this movie for weeks to come and look forward to buying it on Blu-ray disc, when it is released. This brilliant movie has earnt a place in my top ten desert island collection of best movies ever. I can't recommend this movie enough - if you have a Heart, watch it. Highschool kids should watch this movie and discuss it afterwards.
I saw this at the NZIFF, it was a very well presented movie.
The changes from wide open fields of flowers and freedom for two young boys, to the drabness of a classroom and the sterile colours of an ice hockey rink.
Sound design was on point as well.
All of this was able to show the different worlds the characters inhabit
The main story hits some real emotional notes, some that hit very close to home for me. It doesn't pull it's punches.
The two lead boys, both are amazing, for boys so young to give such great performances. The adults do really well, especially Remis mother.
The emotions that the actors could portray, even without saying anything were extraordinary.
The changes from wide open fields of flowers and freedom for two young boys, to the drabness of a classroom and the sterile colours of an ice hockey rink.
Sound design was on point as well.
All of this was able to show the different worlds the characters inhabit
The main story hits some real emotional notes, some that hit very close to home for me. It doesn't pull it's punches.
The two lead boys, both are amazing, for boys so young to give such great performances. The adults do really well, especially Remis mother.
The emotions that the actors could portray, even without saying anything were extraordinary.
CLOSE is a story of pubescent friendship in the 21st Century. Two boys are inseparable. They spend their days and nights together, running, cycling, and playing video games. Remi is artistic. He draws and plays the oboe. Leo is athletic. He plays ice hockey. They have fun together and have frequent sleepovers. When they are put in the same class at school, their closeness is noticed by their fellow pubescent classmates, who ask them if they're "a couple." And thus begins a dramatic change in the boys' friendship. This is a very sensitive film with fine naturalistic performances by a cast that makes it seem at times that we're watching a documentary. Especially impressive are child actor Eden Dambrine as Leo and Emile Dequenne as Remi's mother. It's an odd film in that a lot of details, as far as the events are concerned, are missing. There are a lot of unanswered questions. But the emotions are vivid and extremely detailed. This is a sad yet provocative film that is well worth seeing.
You're inseparable and enjoy your time together, you're best friends and will remain so, always forever, but as you start a new school year, there are those who joke and stare, as if there's more to being friends, that gives you pleasure. So you create a bit of distance to get space, but now your friend has got the feeling he's displaced, he's upset and quite distressed, feels let down and cast adrift, it takes you to a place, no teenage boy (or girl or non-binary) should face.
Great performances in a challenging piece of film that may get you thinking of how you behaved when you were that age and whether the events portrayed relate.
Great performances in a challenging piece of film that may get you thinking of how you behaved when you were that age and whether the events portrayed relate.
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Lukas Dhont met his leading actor Eden Dambrine on a train ride. The young boy was sitting in front of him and speaking to friends, but Dhont couldn't hear what he was saying, as he himself was listening to Max Richter's music. Only watching his facial expressions, he found Eden the perfect fit for the character, and approached him and asked if he would want to take part in a casting. Dambrine immediately said yes and eventually got offered the role of Leo.
- GoofsDuring the schoolyard fight Remi struggles himself free from a teacher, losing his backpack as he runs towards Léo. In the next shot, once again struggling against a teacher's restraint, he is suddenly wearing the backpack again.
- ConnectionsFeatured in La 95e cérémonie annuelle des Oscars (2023)
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- Also known as
- We Two Boys, Together Clinging
- Filming locations
- Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands(Field of flowers)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,100,113
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $61,376
- Jan 29, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $5,216,044
- Runtime
- 1h 44m(104 min)
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- 1.66 : 1
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