Having seen 'Girl' from the same director, expectations were high, but Lukas Dhont took those expectations, threw them in the trash and topped them in a dazzling way.
We see the story of 2 young boys, living their seemingly perfect life in an environment with loads of love and understanding. They way they interact and bond is almost like twins.
This idealistic setting however takes a turn for the worst once they are dropped in a new environment with different social expectations and patterns.
Their relationship is being looked at from a more hetero normative point of view and although their sexuality is not a topic, their surroundings make it one.
The acting of the 2 young main characters just blows your mind. The emotions you read in their eyes and unspoken words, will bring you to tears and will make you curse the role models society puts on the shoulders of young people. (And this has nothing to do with being 'woke' or 'conservative', just being human).
This is not a great story, this is an essential story, for all the young people out there, to live their lives as it feels right for them, not how society things it should look like.
We see the story of 2 young boys, living their seemingly perfect life in an environment with loads of love and understanding. They way they interact and bond is almost like twins.
This idealistic setting however takes a turn for the worst once they are dropped in a new environment with different social expectations and patterns.
Their relationship is being looked at from a more hetero normative point of view and although their sexuality is not a topic, their surroundings make it one.
The acting of the 2 young main characters just blows your mind. The emotions you read in their eyes and unspoken words, will bring you to tears and will make you curse the role models society puts on the shoulders of young people. (And this has nothing to do with being 'woke' or 'conservative', just being human).
This is not a great story, this is an essential story, for all the young people out there, to live their lives as it feels right for them, not how society things it should look like.