Summaries

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.

Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont's second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.—A24

With summer drawing to a close, inseparable 13-year-old best friends Léo and Rémi idle away the rest of the holidays before school. It is as if the two bosom buddies share an unbreakable brotherly bond beyond their comprehension--in fact, nothing can ever come between them. However, when the boys' cloudless friendship catches the attention of their schoolmates on the first day of school, mean remarks put Léo and Rémi's close relationship to the test. After that, nothing will ever be the same again.—Nick Riganas

Details

Keywords
  • coming of age
  • homophobia
  • best friend
  • friendship between boys
  • boy boy friendship
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Oct 31, 2022
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin Netherlands France Belgium
Language English French Dutch Flemish
Filming locations Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Production companies Topkapi Films Menuet bvba Diaphana Distribution

Box office

Gross US & Canada $1100113
Opening weekend US & Canada $61376
Gross worldwide $5216044

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 44m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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