Films

Official Oscar© Selection—Belgium
Best Actor, Cannes Film Festival 

Filmmaker Lukas Dhort follows up his Academy Award-nominated Close with a story of love blossoming in the most unlikely of places. Pierre (Emmanuel Macchia) and Francis (Valentin Campagne), are Belgian soldiers brand new to the front lines of World War I. As the First World War they meet and Francis decides to lift the spirits of his comrades by putting together a theatre show.

While the violence continues, both men try to find ways to escape the brutality of war, even if only for a moment.

Introduction by Ryan Lattanzio (IndieWire).

“Breaks the mold…in its empathetic interest in its characters’ romantic souls”
-Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com