CLOSE Movie Review **SPOILER ALERT**
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- čas přidán 23. 01. 2023
- Gay homosexuals Nick and Joseph spoil Close - a 2022 coming-of-age drama film directed by Lukas Dhont, and written by Dhont and Angelo Tijssens.
Premise: 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.
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Cast:
Eden Dambrine [de] as Léo
Gustav De Waele as Rémi
Émilie Dequenne as Sophie
Léa Drucker as Nathalie
Kevin Janssens as Peter
Marc Weiss as Yves
Igor van Dessel [fr] as Charlie
Léon Bataille as Baptiste
Cinematography by Frank van den Eeden
Edited by Alain Dessauvage
Music by Valentin Hadjadj
Keywords: ending explained, reaction video, trailer, Girl, Cannes Film Festival, A24 - Krátké a kreslené filmy
The scene where Remi’s dad is silently crying in front of the dinning table really broke me. I wish the parents and Leo settled everything before they left
I was often bullied for loving my friends , hugging them, telling them my feelings etc. and was more effeminate than all the other boys and I was called the “F” word daily for years all throughout school, and beat up in my middle school a time or two. I even had a friend get bullied for being friends with me. We would always sit together in math class freshman year until one day he told me (and the entire class) he doesn’t sit with “f-words”.
The irony is I’m a gold star straight. I take solace in the fact that I’ll never let the insecurities and fragile masculinity of these young men affect me or the way I love.
Same, this film was difficult to sit through in the cinema and everyone was crying (it was one of those tiny intimate cinemas with a 20-capacity and the atmosphere was so thick).
This film had a more realistic portrayal of grief for me. Leo turning kind of blank and seemingly emotionless after the initial sting, keeping himself busy and trying to go back to the routine of life made sense to me. That's what I do after a major death. I try to suppress it and not think about it, but it eventually catches up with you. Also, I thought the point of the brother character was to show a parallel to Leo and Remi's relationship, but I think the director left it all ambiguous intentionally as to make it more relatable to everyone. It was one of my favorites of last year, but it left a mark.
There's an interesting, but long Q&A from the director that puts things in context about the film (czcams.com/video/Xzx7HKLXDQI/video.html).
I loved this movie. It is about intimacy. I feel the focus is on the 2 boys but it is full of scenes where people are clsoe to each other. The mom on the grass with the 2 boys, the fathers hugging their boys, the boy sleeping with and hugging his brother, the mom hugging the boy at the end, the day crying at the table. This is a movie about love. We are so used to being sexual stuff everywhere that our brains go there but true intimacy and love includes touching. It was a beautiful movie. I think we all can relate to loving someone and the other person unilaterally deciding to move one and stop taking to us ( remind me of the Banshees of Inisherin”) and how excruciatingly painful that is. I used to have BFFs growing up so I did not see their bond as romantic but as deep friendship.
Im so glad to see your comment because i feel the same way. I think the only people who see this as a gay relationship are either gay themselves, or homophobes. They were "close", which doesnt always mean sexual or romantic either.
I sat numb through it. I had the exact friendship at the exact age (sans the death). I absorbed the beautiful photography and sat in a mist of tears the whole way through.
Were you Remi or Leo?
I felt a heavy heart after watching the movie. So many questions unanswered and some unsettled feelings from both parents of Remi and Leo. I relate so much when Leo tried to avoid Remi by joining to different cliques. Hes masking his feelings to Remi because of peer pressure due to their classmates. I wish Remi’s mom could’ve told Leo if ever theres an evidence stating that Remi really loves Leo
This is not a gay film, this is a film showing how boys are not allowed to continue their loving childhood relationships because society does not approve of it once you reach a certain age. Even as adults this can happen, I am a gay guy but my best friend is straight, we really enjoy each others company and are very close. People make comments all the time ‘are you guys in a relationship? You know you guys can get married now’ etc, etc and it is strange but I get annoyed because I am scared that my friend will start to distance himself from me. However, he does not care at all and just ignores the comments. This does not happen when a woman forms a close bond with another woman and young girls are allowed to enjoy their childhood relationships in pretty much the same way as they get older.
As an adult lesbian, I can sadly tell you that it happens with close women as well. I have had the experience of a woman who distanced herself from me, because we were getting along so well, and me being a lesbian, rumors started to occur. She couldn't take it. We still talked after that, but I always felt rejected. It didn't help that I was in love with her, but I never tried anything. Oh well
The suicide kinda debunks this point. At least one of the boys felt more than friends.
@V I you cannot sexualize thirteen year old children. He closest friend disowned him for no good reason other than things other people were saying. Strange that girls of a similar age have less issues being extremely close. It does not mean that they are gay, which is the whole point of the film. If these boys had been 7 years old there would be no issue, so the theme of the film is at what point does society not accept this behaviour in boys and why.
@Ely Rocha really...fell in love!! I don't think so. At 13 you had no idea what love or falling in love is. Stop trying to prove a point that you obviously cannot. And stop trying to sexualize kids who are not fully developed and not even gone through puberty. Idiot.
@@pauli2169 It's gross of you to think emotions and crushes are purely sexual. A child does not commit suicide because his bff pushed him away due to homophobia. Remi had fallen in love with his friend and losing that relationship was too much for him. Calm down and try to grow a heart in that blackhole in your chest.
Just watched it last night. Such an amazing job by the two actors. The way Leo experiences his grief, not allowing himself to cry until the incredibly heartbreaking scene with Remi’s mom was handled perfectly. The most touching moment for me was when Leo, unable to sleep, crawls into bed with his older brother & his brother wraps his arms around him & holds him to comfort him. That was beautiful & very emotional. I hope these young actors continue their careers with more roles. I’d love to see how they develop into mature roles.
I've just finished watching the film with Q&A from the director & writer. They mentioned that it was inspired by a research where scientist observed boys before adolescent and how they were emotionally open, expressing "love" to their friends easily. Obviously, when they checked in on the boys again in their late teens, they were much more closed off. And that transitional stage is the age where male tend to have the most suicides.
What you guys point out is so true on how we tend to labelled each other, and harmful that was at a young age where we're still forming our "self".
The book is called Deep Secrets. Actual interviews of the boys are included. Good reading. Many relationships collapsed, but some remained intact. Mothers are especially shown essential in teaching their sons the value of friendship and 9:08 to cling to friends mightily. These mothers intuitively knew the strength of these young same sex relationships would be transferred to whatever romantic relationships later to come: the lessons of respect, caring, and vulnerability will always be needed in any pairing.
I just watched this but it didn’t have any English subtitles available for it. I didn’t need them in reality and even cried several times watching this. The acting was so well done by everyone and non of the child actors slipped at all. The cinematography and music were beautiful. Everything about this movies was incredible. It’s just a hard watch
Movies like this make us old folks get teary-eyed because one day, we just stopped playing outside, and the adult complications of life took over without us even knowing 😢...
As a straight guy I can say that I have friendship like this and up until today 20 years later me and my friend are still close as ever. We got a lot of shit with people calling us derogatory names relating to same sex relationships as we also had close friends at the time that played with boys which only fueled the rumors and attacks. We didn't care though, but what we did care about was how we were judged and looked at when people thought we were "gay" and made me feel more sad for my actual gay friends at the time who were scared to come out. We encouraged them to be who they are but understood very quickly its not always that easy. Needless to say when this beastie of mine and I myself went on to get married and have kids our families were surprised 😅
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Oh boy! You are gay! There is nothing wrong with being in love with your best friend and I don't belive people judge you. They maybe wish you to be happy. Wife and children are not prove that you are not. They know too. I know because my father was a gay man in a dark closed. He only came out on the seas where he could be himself. He thought no one knew. But he thought wrong. ❤
@@daniela_k Hi Daniela very interesting take but neh I'm straight just very in touch with my emotions and very empathetic. I did wrestle with the question a few times over my coming of age years but only because I was not society's view of manly. I also feel attraction to people based on personality but this is not necessarily sexual attraction.
@@daniela_k Are you one of those girls from the film that tell people who they are?
@@daniela_k have you learned nothing with the movie?
Some parts of the film were very painful to watch especially when Leo realises he has to push Remi away to stop the scorn from others. The music especially was good in that it doesn't tell you how to feel but instead underpins the emotional connection with the boys on screen. The movie doesn't put a foot wrong in its storytelling which is told from Leo's perspective. It is as affecting as my other coming of age favourite Moonlight. It is a masterful film and I cried.
As a straight male, this movie made me reflect on a close friendship I had for close to 24 years. Over the course of those 24 years though, we drifted apart, I feel afraid that neither of us really recognized how close our friendship was. Consequently I think neither of us realized how we both participated in distancing ourselves from one another, I miss him. Similar to this movie, he felt like a brother, and I wasn't afraid to say I loved him. I know times are changing and intimacy between men in friendship is more and more welcome, but like most change, it feels slow.
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Excellent review! As a parent of 2 kids, one queer and one autistic, I loved how you pointed out that families can be loving and accepting but kids still have to deal with the rest of the world. I have worked to make my kids resilient but it is so hard to see how effected they still are sometimes.
I LOVED this movie, it felt very refreshing to see the issues of going through male childhood/adolescence and how we have to perform to comply with our role in society and the grief part was heartbreaking, my mom and I loved it.
Thank you Nick for reminding us that there's a difference between being homosexual and homosocial. Our society loves to conflate the two.
I never heard of homo social and I’m pretty early on in the beginning of the video but I wanna guess homo social is kind of like ppl bonding more with the same sex friendship wise ? Like a girls girl or a man’s man ? Like that’s my boy type thing ?
Ooh I'm so glad you reviewed this movie, I loved it so much, and I also cried. The actors were amazing, I'm so happy my country (Belgium) is able to provide movies of this calibre.
Not an easy watch, yes, but so emotionally powerful. I felt both sad and reliefed after watching it, as if I finally had an outlet to express my despair.
Thanks for the overview! Have you noticed that in the end of the movie the Remi's house is empty? His parents couldn't stand it and moved to another place.. Empty house is a good metaphor for this hole in Leo's heart...
That scene where he is crying in the hospital when his arm is broken, 😭😭
I know this is gonna kill me. Thank you as always for talking about films I wouldn’t have heard of otherwise
I'll probably watch this at home on streaming when I'm ready for an ugly cry
Ughhh cried and haven’t even watched the film! Kids are innocent and it’s the world that eventually corrupts them. Needless to say not going to watch! My heart gets to heavy but I hope this film helps someone. Ty for your reviews! I
Such an interesting discussion to come back to ! I really think there’s a parallel between toxic masculinity and internalized homophobia. I remember feeling Uber jealous of the str8 girls at sleep away camp who could just share a bed without the shame of thinking this is gay. And lol this was me out the closet, but not with this group, so it’s interesting because prematurely I thought I only related to Remi, but after re-watching this talk. I’m seeing both sides of the coin. I loved the layers in this talk. Thank you for reading this far, if ya did ;)
I think it’s like the boys were just being close friends like brothers and then when the world made it look weird then one one of them broke that bond that was so tight 😢😢😢😢😢😢
I'm not a fan of drama movies, but this one TOTALLY got me. I couldn't hold back my tears.
So relatable growing up. Seeing how Leo tried to mask his feelings by joining other cliques and avoiding Remi. Leo is in denial with his sexuality or probably didnt come into terms with his sexuality. While Remi knows he truly loved Leo. Its so sad knowing that i think Remi’s family is very open minded if ever they knew his gay
this is how i interpreted it as well. they were boys in love with each other but other people ruined it with their cruel comments. they didn't find their friendship unusual until people commented on it and then leo distanced himself because he struggled with his sexuality. Otherwise he would've laughed off the gay rumours. He also throws himself into sport to stop the teasing even though he's not very good at it
i didnt find it to be sexual at all, and leo clearly loved remi as well.
Hard to watch
Hard to accept,
but wow, what an amazing casting experience.
Im still crying 3 hours after
The peer group pressure to confirm to the " normal.
Why can't 2 friends be who they want to be ?
I grew up in Nigeria. Haven't watched the movie but the review reminded me that I grew up where men held hands and it had nothing to do with being gay or homosexual. It was just a sign that they were really good friends or "Close".
I believe that as we've gotten more westernized, that's when all the taboos began, unfortunately. People always talk about the "freedom" of the U.S. but I fund that this society loves to put ppl in boxes. The need to always define ppl, as Joseph lifted up, is so contradictory to what America says it is.
Well of course you will say that knowing that being gay or trans is forbidden in most part of africa and if you don't wanna get killed well better keep your feelings for yourself. Your comment is obviously showing you are homophobic !
When I was in Greece in 1966, I commonly saw women hand in hand. Waiting for a bus in Athens I saw two policemen holding hands and nobody thought it unusual. It was so natural looking I was only a bit surprised, not shocked. Returned to the US a much different person.
Anyone can relate to this film and its meditation on loss
I'm interested to discuss the intrigue of the movie.
How is possible the parents were not aware the boys behavior will be perceived as awkward by the other kids and will be bullied?
How is possible nobody in the family warned them about the expectations of society in order to protect them and prepare them to face reality?
I mean, come on, it was obvious they were too close for standard society !
How is possible no communication was hapening between kids and parents in order to know each other better, to understand their emotions, to learn to selfregulate their emotions?
Why that kid had a totally red room? No wander, he had some issues...
Thank you for this both of you.
I think there is only so much you can tackle in a 1 hour 45 mins. film. Too many whys and wherefores would complicate and distract from what I perceived to be the film's 'essence': two pre - adolescent children struggling to deal with something that is outside their capacity to comprehend and rationalise. The adults and the way they react are important, sure, but the prime focus is the two boys.
A deeply moving and heartwrenchingly sad masterpiece and I have to confess that I too wept like a child . . . .
This was such a well done film. My favorite scene may be when he gets his cast put on and his reaction, the feelings hitting him. The cinematography, acting, soundtrack, it was all good. The boys and the mothers really stood out with their acting but all of the cast were great. I had the benefit of seeing the director do a q+a at a theatre last week and that was awesome. Great video, guys!
Just watched this and I bawled. It was a hard watch. It’s such an indictment on toxic masculinity and heteronormative behavior. I wasn’t expecting it to go where it went. I’m still not sold that either boy was gay. I think they had an incredibly close and brotherly bond and I don’t think Remi could absorb the loss. He saw the signs but it was so devastating to him never imagining that the bond would be broken, that he didn’t have the emotional capacity to process it. Suicide is very layered and there’s not always signs. Remi was in pain, was trying to go through the emotions, but in the end he succumbed to grief; the loss of his friend. I appreciate the perspective of heterosexual males too because as a gay male I cant offer the perspective of close heterosexual male relationships. As a psychotherapist, I thought the writing and directing for how Leo processed his grief was very realistic and well done. Both the young actors were superb.
i really naively got into this, not paying attention that is an A24 production (which always gets me in the most surprising ways!), thinking that it is one of coming out stories.
it broke me several times 😢
I still have my doubts of what happened before as Remi’s mother doesn’t want him to close the bathroom’s door…
YES; I wondered the same!!
This is a great point! I alluded to this im my comment about the movie. I think she knew of his mental health issues. She was probably grateful to Leo for his love and support of her fragile son. The scene where the three were laying on top of each other seemed to indicate this. While she was pissed that Leo's rejection was the catalyst for her son's suicide, she really couldn't blame him. If it weren't Leo it would have been something else. Returning to my point, perhaps she was grateful in that last scene with Leo that her son had someone who really loved him.
@@CD-hv3vl Great explanation.
I went to this movie in cinemas alone not expecting it to be that sad, man I was quietly bawling in the cinema. Felt some attraction towards a friend who pushed me away when I was younger, definitely hit home. I also got the impression Remi might've been gay
Been waiting on this! I’ve been bugging Joseph on the lives to ask Nick on this one - so excited!!
Waawww guys, thank you both so much for this honnest, open reaction. Yep, I'm proud of Close and Lucas... And as a gay man I also cried with this one, it reminded me so much of my youth and how hard some people can be. Thank you so much and glad you both liked it. Greetzz from Belgium 😘
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Thanks for the review! I hadn't heard of this film and appreciate you two shedding light on it.
The scene with Remi's father at the dinner table was quite emotional.
The first few lines in(to) your views was very 'visual' and appealing. Made me assume this was the sweetest narrative on a blooming life-time bromance. Then the tears came - because of (ignorance perhaps) by others. One story worthy to be acknowledged. Now thinking what's up with winning the Best International Feature award.
Oh this sounds devastating. I have a young son & this hits very close to home
You should read the book Deep Secrets the research this movie is based on. It emphasizes the role mothers especially play in a boy’s ability to make and keep close relationships, especially with other boys.
Two of the best performances by child actors of all time.
There is a lot of nuances during the movie indicating that Remi was going through a lot more at home that it seems. So, what happen with Leo was just the tip of the iceberg. Remi's family wasn't as functional as it seems. But since the film is portrait through Leo's eyes, we don't see a lot of what Remi was facing, just some nuances that Leo caught in his point of view. Same for your comment about not having an interaction between their moms. It doesn't mean they didn't have interactions, just that Leo didn't perceive those interactions. Leo point of view used to be all about Remi and the ludic bubble the two of them lived in. I don't think Leo was aware of much besides that.
I actually didn't get this (family disfunction) at all. It is implied Remi struggles with insecurity (his Clarinet performance which sounded good to most, but not himself), and that he is a bit introverted. But I am curious about what this family disfunction is that you saw. Haven't seen it brought up anywhere else.
@robin c well, I'm implying this by how the mom and dad were aware of his fragile state of mind but didn't try to help him. You can notice that on the table when they are eating and how they set rules even for him not closing the bathroom door. Taking into consideration that this is just the surface of what was happening in that house (just what Leo could perceive since the film is from his POV), is possible to assume that there were way more things going on in his mind and his family and at least his mom knew about it and failed to act in time. There's for my comment "Remi's family wasn't as functional as it seems". But this is just my professional mental health opinion, I don't know if the director did that on purpose or was just a coincidence and his intention was really to point out the reason for his suicide was mainly because of Leo's actions.
The problem that the movie tries to depict not only the society issue,but also parenting issues. Both parents must have noticed their close bond,and didnt try to nurture them further. Because leo doesnt know what to do or who to talk to when he feels sensitive. And remi dont know how to talk about his feelings too.
Going tomorrow. Thanks for the review!!!
What did y'all think of the scene where Remi's mom is yelling at Remi for locking the bathroom door? She was telling him that she won't come in but that he's not allowed to lock it. 🤔 Makes me consider two possibilities: 1) She recognized before any of the friendship turmoil went down that Remi had suicidal tendencies... or 2) Remi's family life may not have been as nice as it seemed. Maybe she is super controlling and manipulative or something. IDK. I just keep thinking that there had to have been a reason for the scene because it feels out of place.
I had a different take on that scene. When Remi was with Leo on the bed, he talked about being a lot on his head and they also show and talk about him having difficulty sleeping. So, when the scene of the mom not wanting him to lock himself in the bathroom happened, it made me think that the mom knew that he was struggling with mental health. Also because the movie shows that she was working in healthcare. I think the director showed in a very subtle way that something was going on.
@@ludmilazurdo7135 Yeah that's essentially what I was saying in #1. If it is the case, it was a bit too subtle of a hint.
yeah defo 1 i think
At the end, I expected Remi's mom to reassure Leo that it wasn't his fault. That Remi had mental struggles, and Leo shouldn't take on the blame. I can see why she might not have said it, but at the same time, it left me feeling unsettled at the end. I too was wondering about that bathroom locking scene, though I suppose functionally, after the tragedy, it allowed Leo later to see through the window that the bathroom door had been broken down.
@@lowerstreet yeees, I was expecting the same at the end. But at the same time, I felt that it was super real that first "imperfect" reaction cause she was going through a lot 💔
Beautiful Movie- the ending scene is GORGEOUS. Couldn’t stop crying even after the credits! 🌺
I think if Remi hadn't committed suicide, he would have had mental health issues. His desperation in the fight scene was extreme..so all or nothing. Remi's mother was so loving and open, it was as if she couldn't contemplate blaming Leo for her son's suicide. I wonder if she was thankful for Leo giving her fragile son love and acceptance that he may not have otherwise had from a friend. Deep down she knew though that things had changed and that Leo may have been the catalyst for her son's suicide. How could she not? The director was brilliant in building this tension between Leo and Remi's mother and the internal tension within Remi's mother. You could feel something simmering beneath the loving facade and those seemingly benign questions about Leo's life. When Leo fessed up, it pierced that facade and her anger came forth. Ultimately though, I think Remi's mom knew her son's mental health challenges would plague him. If it hadn't been Leo's rejection to set him off, it would have been something else. But for Leo's character, as evident by that last scene, he will forever be haunted.
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Your analysis is very interesting. I, however, cannot see both boys as gay, not even one of them. What I identify in the film, and what is one of the most bizarre things in our current society, is that even a very close and intimate friendship is seen with negativity in the name of... of what? What are other people afraid of?
I loved this 💔 One thing I was thinking as I watched it was it's much more accepted for men and young men in a lot European countries to have their arms around their friends or be very close without there being any kind of ambiguity. It's nice to see that friends can express that kind of love for one another without being bullied or judged for it ❤
I'm crying just hearing this story.
Thanks for another great review, now I know I have to see this! 🙌❤️
I feel like Remi felt real feelings for his friend and it wasn't mutual.
I feel like this film is gonna break me … I’m gonna need some serotonin after this watch
Thankx for the review , greets from Belgium .
Just watch the movie and I never cried this much watching anything in my life
Man I missed the premiere while watching The Deep House… doh. This movie sounds heart breaking…everybody needs a friend. Kids are really fragile.
Four out of five? I'd give the movie five out of five.
Wow, thank you for this review, I wouldn't search for it had you not. Children can be so cruel, thankfully they're resilient too or none of us might make it to adulthood.
I was crying too
That Liz Taylor t-shirt rocks!
There's something I didn't understand. When Leo was playing hockey the coach seemed to be giving them instruction in English but it was a very hard to understand English. What was going on with that?
It was Flemish
It plays in Belgium, where they have two languages. The boys live in the french part and talk french with each other, but the hockey seems to take place in the dutch part or the coach is from there, and they are used to speak both languages. -
Beside that, both young actors gave fluid interviews in french, dutch, english...
I would have loved to see this movie if it came out when I was in middle school
This film made me reflect a lot about how I've stripped back a lot of my emotional instincts and need to be close to platonic mates because I was made to feel like it wasn't 'normal' and that makes me feel angry with myself and sad. I feel like this encouragement to be a 'man' i.e. be mean to each other, fight, be competitive and by no means ever show emotion, is what causes so much mental turmoil in men and then they lash out in ways or develop depression in later years, etc.
The entire half of the movie was heart wrenching that all I did was cry.
I would love to hear what y’all think about the movie Columbus from 2017..just watched and I recommend for y’all’s podcast :)
I became curious about the film when I saw one of our most competent film critics in Sweden shed a few tears live when he told us how much the film touched him.
And I agree that Close is the closest you can get to a masterpiece.
In this film nature and the surroundings, the flowers, the colors of the houses, the roads, the air that vibrates, the forest so green and the rain in perfect harmony with the people are the main character. The dog too.
It's not a gay movie or a love drama. It is not about grief processing or political correctness about guilt. It is not a lecture on the impact of bullying on the individual or on pubertal hormonal fluctuations in thirteen-year-olds.
For me, Close is about freedom and the price we have to pay for it. Getting close to someone can be wonderful but separating yourself from others especially when they take you for granted is the path you have to take to grow as a person, from child to adult. The message is crystal clear.
Thank you for you comment.
What's the name of "the most competent film critics in Sweden"?
Do I have the possibility to read about his/her live critique or watch something?
About "Close": If one of them had done something terrible, which would not have been successful and would have been understood by both families (Léo's family and Rémi's family) as a cry for help, the friendship could have been restarted.
How can a tender friendship hold its own in a critical environment (secondary school)?
Eden Dambrine is a ballet dancer in real life. That would have given beautiful moments in the film.
It's like winning the lottery that the director was lucky enough to find two boys aged 11 or 12 for the main roles, who are handsome, tender, smart and sensitive, and who celebrate their inseparability in real life even at the age of 15 and 16.
It's a wasted oppurtunity that the two young leads are not in the entire film, but only in the first third.
I would love to watch this movie.
Dear My Spiritual Father and My Spiritual Father. How are you? Close had its opening at the Istanbul Film Festival, where people came out of the cinema crying. The movie impressed me a lot. Drive My Car, Aftersun and Close are this year's trio. I will suggest you a movie, "Burning Days/Kurak Günler" in this movie is a Turkish movie of The Match Factory company like Close and Aftersun. Maybe it will be shown in the USA or it will come to Streaming services in the coming days. Add to WatchList 🤟🤟
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Thank you?
Gay men are also affected by toxic masculinity. This film is one of the best I've seen, in a decade.
Close is an excellent movie, beautiful yet heart-wrenching at the same time. Now, this is just my personal opinion, but I would have preferred that Remi survived and was reconciled with Leo instead.
I think Remi did a better job than Leo. It was a great film overall
Such a beautifully tragic film.
Watched this with 2 of my besties..My 2 sons learned from example with my 4 friends, they called uncle and aunts. Who I've been with, since we were 10yrs old..we all slept in the same bed and showed affection anywhere..they are my brothers and sisters, we never experimented with each other. And were all inseparable. My house was literally their home, my dad even bought a Cali king for my bedroom. They called my mom their momma. We got criticism from elementary to college. Glad we never pushed each other away, we let people think what they wanted. I was called a dike, among other names, being the only tomboy in the group. I didn't care, still was the one who raced Moto and wore skirts with heavy metal shirts.. always had a dirt bike in back of her truck.
One of our brothers, who actually was the gay one, and nobody but us knew. Was rejected by a football player, after hearing that we all got together and played videogames at his house. He went upstairs and took a shotgun to himself. 5 of us became 4, and all of us haunted by what we saw. None of us got over Steve's demise. We're 48 to 51yrs old and on his birthday, we still get together and go visit his momma.
The football player made fun of him, and Infront of the whole school, i handed him a hard beat down during a school game. Our last male friend, pulled me off of him, football player called him a fa**ot and he started beating his butt while screaming how Steve ending looked like because of him.. everyone froze. I told Kerry to stop and he bear hugged me off the field. We had a meeting with football players parents, let them know he was sleeping with Steve but denied him crudely in public.
The football player came out as gay, after Ellen did. We all still see him around town, he gets sad and we avoid him!
My son's grew up with 4 neighborhood kids since they were 3yrs and 5yrs old..they're 26 to 28 now, they all are affectionate with each other..they're all loyal brothers, who as men still hug or put their heads on each other shoulders or kiss on forehead. I taught all those boys - nothing wrong with affection, and loving each other. It's nothing sexual, unless you decide it is. But don't ever let outsiders who speculate, dictate your relationship, stay strong for each other.
To this day, generations later, now their kids are learning power of love and growing up with their best friends too..Goonies never say die, miss you Steve!
This feels like banshees of inisherin but involving kids
Nick! Where did you get that shirt? ❤
There was a time when straigh men could have a best friend without everyone telling them they were gay. The fact that these two couldn't just be good friends is a result of toxic elements in widely promoted gay culture and not masculinity.
So what's your problem with the gay community???
Did you guys notice the progress of the bycicle scenes?
Love love loved this movie oh my gosh.. I could write a thinkpiece but I'll spare everyone, just go watch it!!!!
Great video. Looks like a good movie. I'll check out the movie.
the effect the film had on people makes me really sad in part: most people just could not understand that the movie is not about a gay relationship, thinking it's about a gay relationship is exactly what is criticized in the film, i thought the film would make everyone rethink their preconceptions about male friendship, and intimacy (non sexual intimacy), but our society is so sexist that even watching the film is not enough
I think if I will make an assumption, it's leo that is gay. And he can't accept himself. Reminconnited suicide because of rejection.
I didn't understand that. Can you please explain?
the point is neither of them are gay- they are children
@@player-ic9yj your telling me kids can’t have crushes?
The film/movie shows that Rémi didn't suffer from the critical questions of his female classmates, but from inexplicable alienation of his best and only friend.
Rémi's increasing loneliness was shown in an understandable way.
• only child
• no other children apart from Léo and Rémi in the first 30 minutes
• difficulty falling asleep due to diffuse unspoken worries
• His parents respond to unexpected stomach ache after locking himself in the bathroom with a hot drink with lemon: the parents don't ask about his real worries.
• no development of friendships in the new class
• A class work shows that in the classroom Rémi is sitting separately from Léo.
I have had the same experience although I am still alive. It's been years but I am still in pain.
Where can watch
Oh man
Thank you for your sensitive review!
Interview in English with the two young leads:
(In other interviews the young Belgian leads talk in French or in Flemish).
czcams.com/video/1j9cHhXmmiQ/video.html
We can feel their inseparability. We learn how enthusiastic they are about working with the director and the film crew.
The director had the extraordinary luck to find two talented boys aged 11 or 12 and uses their togetherness only in the first third of the film. A waste of opportunity.
I would have liked to see the two of them in more than just the first third of the film. It would have been nice if Rémi's cry for help (a failed suicide attempt) had led to him learning to share his troubles and for him to blossom.
I thought they were both obviously gay from the first 10 minutes. Maybe its gaydar but the scene with the clarinet(?) with Leo looking at him like that was about as subtle as a hammer. Or maybe the scene of them sleeping together while Leo goes on and on about how special his male friend is. Then the internalized homophobia and fear of not fitting in/shame settled in and it went from there. Remi was just caught in the crossfire of Leos insecurity.
Well you are right, gays can sense other gays. As a trans, I know they are just more than bffs.
Those homosexuals are not Gay
Nope this movie would make me cry ion like it 🥺
Damn this movie sounds view sad. I don't know if I could even finish it.
homoromantic?
Broromantic
As a movie is not a good movie is really boring the argument really empty really sad .
Thank you so very much for your beautiful and well-articulated review. Will definitely watch this movie.