Lucas is a 17-year-old gay teenager coping with the sudden and unexpected death of his father in an accident that may or may not have been suicide. He views his life as a wild animal in need of taming. Between a brother settled in Paris and a mother with whom he now lives alone, Lucas will have to fight to rediscover hope and love.
Acting
Paul Kircher's feral, unpredictable physicality — a star is born.
Direction
Honoré's naked honesty about queer teen desire, finally.
Cinematography
Isère's winter light: beautiful, indifferent, cruel.
Director
Christophe Honoré
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Kircher was 21 playing 17, but had never led a film — Honoré found him in drama school and essentially built the role around his raw, unpredictable energy.
Honoré called this his 'most personal film' — his own father died when he was young, and the film's unsparing look at queer teen sexuality broke from French cinema's usual tasteful restraint around gay youth.
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