Close review: Homophobia unravels a childhood friendship in a heartbreaking Oscar-nominated drama
At its best, the Belgian nominee for Best International Film is subtle and brutally honest
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Cannes winner Close jettisons promising, sensitive study of teenage male friendship for heavy-handed tragedy
Close, by controversial Belgian director Lukas Dhont, is a poignant vision of a friendship falling apart in real time under the pressure of the transition to high school — forcing a fatal rift.
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Boyhood collides with masculinity in Oscar-nominated 'Close'
Set in the Belgian countryside, Lukas Dhont's “Close” is about a friendship between two 13-year-old boys whose tender intimacy is tested, tragically, when one seeks to fit in with more macho boys
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