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TOM's Film Club: Close (12A)

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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont's second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.

Thirteen-year-olds Léo and Rémi are inseparable; best friends, as close as brothers. However as they start a new school year, the pressures of burgeoning adolescence challenge their bond with unexpected and far-reaching consequences.

With incredible performances from newcomers Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele, Dhont’s evocative second film is a profoundly moving coming-of-age story that will have an enduring impact.

"Astonishingly natural and engaging performances from young newcomers Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele lend heartfelt authenticity to a film that builds upon the promise of 2018’s Girl, confirming Dhont as a deft and empathetic chronicler of the tumultuous anguish and ecstasy of adolescence" - Mark Kermode, Guardian


In Dutch with English subtitles

Seated (unreserved)

Doors: 19:15

Tickets: £7.50, under 30 £5

TOM’s Friends get 15% off

Rated: 12A, under 16s must be accompanied by an adult

Director: Lukas Dhont

Duration: 104 mins

Presented by The Old Market

Earlier Event: 29 July
TOM's Film Club: La Chimera (15)
Later Event: 3 August
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