An adolescent friendship fractures in the Belgian Oscar hopeful, 'Close'
The social forces are pervasive but subtle in Lukas Dhont's Close — no overt bullying or homophobia, just internalized pressures on still-developing psyches.
by Bob Mondello
Jan 26, 2023
2 minutes
If you know that when , a story of teen friendship from Belgian writer/director Lukas Dhont, took home the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival last year, it was widely reported that there wasn't a dry eye in the house, the unalloyed joy of the film's opening moments
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