Young Hearts

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Young Hearts

2025

1h 37m

Drama

Kids & Family

LGBTQ+

Romance

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Elias (14) feels attracted to his new neighbour Alexander (14). Soon he realizes that he's truly in love for the first time. The interactions with his friends and family bring more questions than answers. Confused by his burgeoning feelings, Elias tries to sort out his inner chaos to prove that he is worth Alexander's heart.

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Danny King

Sight & Sound

Nov 4

A movie about the startling power of first love that itself generates few surprises.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Aug 5

2/5

In the end there is something a little too smooth and passionless in the film... Everyone knows that young love, gay and straight, is (mostly) about heartbreak and about moving on. I’m not sure that this film really understands that.

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

Mar 20

3/4

“Young Hearts” is a film that doesn’t traffic in big plot twists or dramatic reveals. It’s a film that treasures fragile thoughts and feelings, rare in a film these days.

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Alejandro Lingenti

La Nación (Argentina)

1d

3/5

[The film's] uniqueness, however, lies in the subtlety with which it warns of how a neutral situation can become just as harmful as a decidedly hostile one. [Full review in Spanish]

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

3d

3.5/5

...the film never loses its focus, its sensitivity, or its empathy, thanks to a sober, austere, and even modest mise-en-scène that never strays from naturalism. [Full review in Spanish]

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Juan Pablo Russo

EscribiendoCine

3d

8/10

Young Hearts finds its greatest strength in its narrative economy. The film employs melodrama, but does so with restraint, avoiding over-explanation or discursive closure. [Full review in Spanish]

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Luis soots vazquez

Mar 29

The film is very good as a real interpretation of what happens today in the lives of young people today. la pelcula es muy buena como una interpretacin real de lo que pasa hoy en da en la vida de los jvenes de hoy

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Jordan F

Mar 20

This is love. This is a story of truth and acceptance.

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acadia

Jan 4

so so so good. lou goossens acting was unreal. out of this world. the way the two look at eachother is so heartwarming and cute. highly recommend, would watch a million times over !

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Kacey

@Cursed_pages Dec 30

I love this movie, its song tracks are AMAZING I love the ending song Blote voeten. The story is realistic and it's not that typical sad gay movie its sweet, wholesome, with real expectations and real relationships tropes. 10/10 recommend!!!!!!!! <3

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Joshua C

@Phoenixdk Dec 11

Everything I wanted in a gay coming out movie

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Jeremy B

@Jeremy_mike Dec 7

Una de las mejores películas de amor adolescente que eh visto 👏🏻❤️

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Synopsis

Elias (14) feels attracted to his new neighbour Alexander (14). Soon he realizes that he's truly in love for the first time. The interactions with his friends and family bring more questions than answers. Confused by his burgeoning feelings, Elias tries to sort out his inner chaos to prove that he is worth Alexander's heart.

Director: Anthony Schatteman
Producer: Xavier Rombaut
Screenwriter: Lukas Dhont, Anthony Schatteman
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Kwassa Films, Polar Bear
Genre: Drama, Kids & Family, LGBTQ+, Romance
Original Language: Dutch
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 14, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 37m

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