''Close to Leo'' (french: Tout contre Léo) is a 2002 French TV film directed by
Christophe Honoré
Christophe Honoré (born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director.
Career
Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in ''Les Cahiers du Cinéma''. He started writing soon aft ...
. It is also known as ''Everything Against Leo.''
Plot
Leo (Pierre Mignard), is the eldest of four brothers. Marcel (Yannis Lespert), age 10, is the youngest. With their young parents, they are a happy and close-knit family. One evening, Marcel overhears his family discussing the news that Leo is HIV-positive. They all agree to protect Marcel from the news, even though Leo wants to tell his little brother, not only that he has HIV, but that he is gay.
The family continues pretending everything is fine to Marcel, but the young boy is devastated and starts behaving badly. Marcel wants the truth, but neither his parents nor his brothers can bring themselves to speak openly about it. Marcel is just on the edge of puberty and is sometimes childish and sometimes mature and sensitive. When he is excluded from a midnight ocean swim by his brothers, he follows them to the beach demanding to be included.
Leo takes Marcel off to Paris so that he can visit an old boyfriend and explain both himself and his situation to his young brother.
Marcel understands that Leo is very unhappy with his situation, and sees him decide to stop taking his medication. Leo cannot cope with the stress and puts Marcel on a train back home to
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
, asking the boy to lighten the atmosphere back home.
Cast
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Yaniss Lespert as Marcel
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Pierre Mignard
Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (17 November 1612 – 30 May 1695), called "Mignard le Romain" to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter known for his religious and mythological scenes and portraits. He was a ...
as Léo
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Marie Bunel
Marie Bunel (born 1961) is a French film and stage actress.
Biography
Bunel was born on 27 May 1961 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. She attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in West Hollywood, California and took ...
as Mother
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Dominic Gould
Dominic Gould (born 19 September 1964) is a French and American actor. He was born in Los Angeles, United States.
Filmography Film
* ''Jeux d'artifices'' (1987) - Stan
* ''Hôtel de France'' (1987) - Manu's Friend
* ''Monsieur (1990 film), ...
as Father
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Rodolphe Pauly
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People
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Religious figures
* Rudolf of Fulda (died 865), 9th century monk, writer and theologian
* Rudolf von Habsburg-Lothringen (1788†...
as Tristan
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Jérémie Lippmann
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as Pierrot
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Louis Gonzales as Yvan
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Joana Preiss
Joana Preiss (born 22 May 1972) is a French actress, director, singer, and performer.
Life and career
Joana Preiss has starred in the films of Christophe Honoré, Olivier Assayas, Nobuhiro Suwa and Pia Marais, and has also collaborated with Nan ...
as Yvan's mother
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Assaad Bouab
Assaad Bouab ( ar, أسعد بواب, born July 31, 1980) is a French-Moroccan actor whose first co-starring role was in ''Whatever Lola Wants'', directed by Nabil Ayouch and co-starring Laura Ramsey as Lola. The film premiered on 11 December 200 ...
as Aymeric
References
External links
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2002 television films
2002 films
Films directed by Christophe Honoré
French LGBT-related films
Gay-related films
2000s French films
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