Lukas Dhont
Monday, Feb. 6, 2023
When Lukas Dhont was 12, a camera was thrust into his hands. For Dhont, who would come out as gay as a young adult, the camera was an escape from the strains and stereotypes he was beginning to feel pushed on him.
"I needed this other reality in which I could disappear because my own...
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023
"Close" is a crushing story of grief told with grace by Belgian director Lukas Dhont. At its heart is a friendship, loving and deep, between two 13-year-old boys, Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi (Gustav De Waele), in the countryside.
It is summertime when we meet them, playing and dreaming...