Close

Belgian countryside, summer, a bicycle crash. Two boys, inseparable, now face schoolyard gossip and changing friendships. Dhont handles adolescence with nuance.

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Lukas Dhont directed Close in 2022. See Lukas Dhont's full filmography, where to start with Lukas Dhont, or where to go after you've seen everything by Lukas Dhont.

Close was released in 2022 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 104 minutes.