Lucas is 22. He plays soccer with his local club, lives with his parents with his younger brother Théo, 17. Théo is attracted to boys, and has only confided in his brother. Théo's difference from others forces him to live a secret life. One evening, spurred on by his need for affection he decides to meet up with an older man at a local hotel.
Acting
Prieur's trembling restraint will wreck you.
Direction
Two directors, one suffocating vision.
Director
Fabien Cavacas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in rural France, the directors cast actual brothers as extras in the football scenes to heighten the unconscious intimacy between the leads.
The hotel room was the same one used in the directors' student film three years earlier — they returned for its oppressive beige anonymity.
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