The Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival

Movie: Close (2023)

Presented by: Katrin Haller, MSW

Date: April 11, 2026

Time:  2:00pm - 5:00pm

Doors Open at 1:30pm

Where: Baltimore Museum of the Arts
10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218

Presentation Description:
This film by Belgian filmmaker Lucas Dhont was awarded the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film festival and was nominated for an Oscar for Best International Film is an emotionally in-depth drama about a close friendship between two 13-year-old boys from the countryside in Belgium. The film is a symbolically rich lyrically narrated portrayal of a close friendship between two boys, Leo and Remi. The boys’ intense friendship is nested in two families who are sensitively supportive of the deep connection the boys have. The emotional connection of the boys’ changes after a playful summer, or the end of childhood, with the start of the school year when classmates assert that Leo and Remi have a romantic relationship. Leo breaks the link to a three-dimensional space in his friendship with Remi. After tragedy strikes, Leo suffers severe loss and with the help of his family and Remi’s mother is eventually able to mourn the loss.

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Registration Deadline: April 8th by 4:30pm