Lukas Dhont
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Queer Belgian Filmmaker LUKAS DHONT’s love affair with Cannes Film Fest continues.
Congratulations to queer Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont, whose two stars in his latest film COWARD (which is only his 4th!) Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia both won Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s part of a mutual love affair between Dhont and the Festival that began with his first film GIRL, which won…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews LUKAS DHONT’s ‘wounding masterpiece’ CLOSE at BFI London Film Festival
On a film that loosely follows the seasons, to say that Lukas Dhont’s Close might make you weep is as inevitable as saying winter might follow autumn. The emotions are so finely evoked in this masterful coming of age drama they could have been drawn with an eyelash. 13-year-olds Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi…
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First glimpse of Cannes Grand Prix Winner CLOSE : a remarkably tender coming-of-age story from Lukas Dhont
This trailer for CLOSE from A24 Films landed in Queerguru’s intray the morning and went straight on to our MUST SEE List. Not because it has just won this year’s CANNES GRAND PRIX (ad rave reviews) but because we were immediately drawn into this remarkable tender and touching coming-of-age story. Leo and Remi are…
