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Close to Leo

This very strong drama from Picture This! and the director Christophe Honoré is very well done and a must see. The 12-year-old boy Marcel is living a normal life with his family in a coastal village in France, but one day he discovers that the family is keeping a secret from him only because they think he´s too young to know. After dinner one night he overhears a conversation where it is revealed that his 21-year-old brother Leo has got HIV and has already developed some AIDS-related symptoms. Leo is not dealing very well with the situation and refuses to start medication, and is certain that he will die very soon. For Marcel life is turned upside down when trying to understand why his loving brother is sick, and most of all he´s disappointed of his family for not telling him the truth. The photo is a bit shaky in the beginning of the film, but soon it gets more than good. The cast is brilliant, not least the young Yaniss Lespert, playing Marcel. Leo is also played very nicely by Pierre Mignard.