Film

Close (dir Lukas Dhont)

This is one of the best films I’ve seen lately. The movie starts as a tender portrait of an intense, innocent friendship between two inseparable young boys. Then they start to adapt their behaviour because of the bullying environment of their friends at school. And then a catastrophe happens. The storytelling is nuanced and understated, and the film is visually refined and very cinematographic. It received a well-deserved nomination for the best international feature Oscar. I cried while watching it.