Frameline47: Winter Boy Screening

Where: Castro Theatre

When: Sunday, June 18, 2023 | 1:20-3:12 pm PST

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The Center is excited to co-sponsor this year’s Frameline47 screening of Winter Boy!

Propelling a poignant coming-of-age narrative into unusually deep and rewarding territory, Christopher Honoré’s exquisite semi-autobiographical drama maps the journey of Lucas (Paul Kircher), a self-confident gay boarding school student in rural France, whose sense of himself starts to unravel in the wake of a family tragedy. His loving mother (played by the always remarkable Academy Award-winner Juliette Binoche) wants to support her spiraling son, allowing him to spend a week in Paris with his bohemian older brother (Vincent Lacoste, in his third film with Honoré). There Lucas will explore the boundaries of his sexual self-discovery, developing an infatuation for his brother’s roommate (Erwan Kepoa Falé, Dustin, Frameline45) and jumpstarting his adult life. The week will transform Lucas, but not in ways he fully can handle.