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"In place of the sentimentality that often comes with boyhood portraits, Dhont’s film renders a boyhood experience in thrillingly crisp, grown-up terms. A miraculously subtle drama packing a formidable emotional wallop."
— The Telegraph (UK)

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Academy Award Nominee: Best International Feature Film

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.

French with subtitles. PG-13, 105 min.

"Growing up has rarely been as hard – or as beautiful – as in this poignant hymn to friendship and lost innocence. To the pantheon of films about the pains of leaving childhood behind we should find a spot for this beautiful elegy of lost innocence." – Time Out

"CLOSE is artistically ambitious. Like a cinematic symphony, a musical piece in perfect harmony, not a note out of place." – National Herald (India)

"An exceptional film of empathy and vision." – BBC.com