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A visceral coming-of-age drama painted in vibrant floral hues, capturing the shattering of a tender childhood bond as the weight of societal expectations crushes the fragile innocence of two inseparable friends.
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01 November 2022 Belgium 104 min ⭐ 7.8 (930)
Director: Lukas Dhont
Cast: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker, Igor van Dessel
Drama
The Fragility of Masculinity Grief and Internalized Guilt Social Conformity and Peer Pressure Loss of Innocence
Box Office: $3,129,968

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Memorable Quotes

Are you together?

— Classmate

Context:

Asked by a girl in the school courtyard during their first week of secondary school.

Meaning:

This simple, invasive question serves as the inciting incident that shatters the boys' unlabelled paradise by imposing a binary adult perspective onto a fluid childhood bond.

You're like brothers.

— Classmate

Context:

Said during the same courtyard interrogation as a follow-up to the dating question.

Meaning:

An attempt to categorize their relationship in a way that is socially acceptable, yet even this label fails to capture the unique depth of their connection.

Mexico.

— Rémi

Context:

Rémi says this when the boys are imagining where they would go if they could travel the world together.

Meaning:

Represents the unfulfilled promise of a future together and the innocent escapism they shared before the world intruded.

It's my fault.

— Léo

Context:

Léo confesses this to Sophie while they are in her car, shortly before they embrace in the woods.

Meaning:

The ultimate climax of the film; Léo finally breaks his silence and takes responsibility for the distance he created, allowing his healing to begin.