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- 2023
- Edition Salzgeber
- 2 h 2 m
- 2023
- Edition Salzgeber
- 2 h 2 m
Summary A 17-year-old high school student trying to get to grips with the new challenges posed by death, life, the city and "the temptation of renouncement".
Directed By: Christophe Honoré
Written By: Christophe Honoré
- 2023
- Edition Salzgeber
- 2 h 2 m
- 2023
- Edition Salzgeber
- 2 h 2 m
Winter Boy
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Summary A 17-year-old high school student trying to get to grips with the new challenges posed by death, life, the city and "the temptation of renouncement".
Directed By: Christophe Honoré
Written By: Christophe Honoré
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
3 Reviews
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40% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
64
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Christophe Honoré’s film tackles grief in a subtle, intriguingly indirect manner.
Ultimately, this film celebrates living — including the part that includes taking big swings and making terrible mistakes.
Winter Boy shines when it allows its actors to quietly play out family dynamics, with Lacoste, Binoche and especially Kircher wearing the many shades of grief with effortless, endearing naturalism.
In digging up what seems to be his own personal history, Honoré doesn’t trust the audience fully to fill in those silences.
Ultimately, Winter Boy becomes too much of a broad, all-encompassing exploration of grief within a coming-of-age tale, ringing trite while it should be personal. It’s undeniably heartfelt, but the most moving moments are rooted within Lucas’ home life; in straying from this it feels uncomfortably generic.
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Production Company
Les Films Pelléas,
France 2 Cinéma,
Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma,
Canal+,
Ciné+,
France Télévisions,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,
La Région Île-de-France,
Cofinova 18,
La Banque Postale Image 15,
Palatine Étoile 19,
Cinémage 16
Release Date Apr 28, 2023
Duration 2 h 2 m
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Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 1 Nomination
