Lukas Dhont - Making a Scene - CLOSE

[@hatice_e2]

I cried while watching it, it was such a beautiful movie..

[@vlad_o_yan]

Thanks for such emotions, the film will forever stay in my heart 🤍

[@Jean-rg4sp]

It is clear that the director was especially attracted to Eden Dambrine although he tried hard not to show favoritism. When choosing a scene to talk about he picks one that depicts Eden bursting into genuine laughter. He was not acting. In one sense it is odd that the director did not choose the scene which required the most difficult to perform and I think he did this because the laughing reminded him of when he first saw Eden with some girls from his ballet school in a train carriage in Brussels. He had spotted the blond blue-eyed 13-year-old boy and sat beside him because he looked so beautiful, "like an angel", as Lukas Dhont later described the vision. He saw his eyes and his animated laugh and on the strength of this attraction he asked Eden, a complete stranger, whether he would like to try for a part in his next movie. This laugh, those eyes, appeared again in the drawing scene. It all makes sense now. ... Oh! The scene which required the most profound acting? That involved the other boy who had brought out the best performance in Eden. It is as though Gustav De Waele was cast to complement Eden. It was Gustav who had to go deep inside to produce the emotion of hurt as he cries in the schoolyard. For me, this was the climax of the film which depicted the meaning and value of Rémi's love for Léo who had become distant.

[@orangelark]

Sometimes certain people attract more attention than they deserve.... I agree Gustav was cast to complement Eden way too much, almost sidelined somewhat. But that's life sometimes

[@wuky06.13]

he's very kind. loved the film

[@its._.mimi11]

Me too :((. I started sobbing so much