27 minutes to wreck your heart and question everything about growing up.
Deep down inside, a fifteen-year-old boy feels different from the other boys around him. When he becomes friends with an enchanting girl, he gets more and more tangled up in his confusion.
Direction
Dwinger captures longing without a single word of exposition.
Cinematography
Golden hour becomes a character in Kay's awakening.
Acting
Thor Braun's face does EVERYTHING. Devastating restraint.
Director
Zara Dwinger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zara Dwinger deliberately cast Thor Braun before his voice changed, capturing that liminal moment between childhood and something else.
Part of a wave of Dutch queer cinema exploring adolescence without the American pressure of 'coming out' as plot resolution.
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