Apr 6th
Close** (12A) 
(King Street Cinema, Ipswich)
   
(Bel/Fra/Netherlands 2022)                                        
Mubi/Menuet/Diaphana Films/Topkapi Films/Versus. 104m.

Two best friends go to a new school: one of them tries to fit in more with the other boys, which breaks the heart of the other. Absorbing and sensitively played (although abruptly edited) boyhood drama, capturing the innocent enthusiasm of pre-teenage years. The tragic course of the plot makes for a lengthy last hour, compelling but very drawn out.

w: Lukas Dhont, Angela Tijssens
p: Dirk Impens, Michiel Dhont
d: Lukas Dhont
s: Eden Damerine, Gustav De Waele, Emilie Dequenne, Lea Drucker, Marc Weiss, Kevin Janssens, Igor van Dessel
ph: Frank van den Eeden
m: Valentin Hadjadj

CLOSE. The smartened-up basement lobby of the Ipswich Film Theatre, now curiously renamed the King Street Cinema