Close, 2022. Directed by Lukas Dhont. Starring Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker, Kevin Janssens, Igor van Dessel, and Marc Weiss. SYNOPSIS: Thirteen-year-olds Leo and Charlie have always been incredibly close, but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. When tragedy strikes, one is forced to […]
Movie Review – Girl (2018)
Girl, 2018. Directed by Lukas Dhont. Starring Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter and Oliver Bodart. SYNOPSIS: A transgender ballet dancer undergoing hormone therapy becomes frustrated at the slow process of her gender reassignment surgery. As a cisgender, heterosexual man, it’s impossible for me to understand the plight of a transgender person, born into a body that […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Girl
Girl, 2018. Directed by Lukas Dhont. Starring Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts, Valentijn Dhaenens and Katelijne Damen. SYNOPSIS: Fifteen-year-old Lara’s transitioning is further complicated by her pursuit of a professional career in ballet at a prestigious Belgian dance academy. Written and directed by Lukas Dhont, and in the running in the first […]
