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 confront why he […]
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 does not reflect who […]
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 feature competition at the […]
