directed by: Lukas Dhont, year: 2022
actors: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker

Close follows the intense bond between two 13-year-old boys, Léo and Rémi, in a small Belgian town. Their inseparable friendship becomes the focus of classmates and adults, and the friction between desire, loyalty, and social expectations escalates. When a tragic event shocks their community, the film examines love, masculinity, and the price of growing up under scrutiny, using restrained, intimate performances to probe memory, guilt, and belonging. Dhont's portrait is quiet, precise, and emotionally devastating.

Emotional Struggle, Drama, Coming Of Age, LGBTQ+, Friendship