After the complicated life of his previous film, "Girl," Dhont realized it was time to write from personal experience. Lukas Dhont had a complicated journey with his first feature. The Belgian ...
From the moment it premiered in Cannes, where it won the Grand Prize, Lukas Dhont’s Close became a hot bet in the International Oscar race. Following his 2018 debut Girl, which focused on a ...
Dhont's second film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. “Close” centers on Léo and Rémi, two 13-year-old best friends whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically ...
At last year's Cannes Film Festival, the Belgian movie Close so reduced audiences to tears that many of us were convinced we had the next winner of the Palme d'Or — the festival's top prize — on our ...
If you know that when Close, 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 ...
Lukas Dhont presents a profoundly felt portrait of two inseparable friends, until a manipulative midway twist shatters the spell. “Close” marks an auspicious return to the Cannes Film Festival for ...