Closet Children
Nicolas has an appointment with his sister Juliette. They are bound by a heavy secret of childhood: their mother committed suicide while their father had charged Nicolas to keep her. Since then, the f…
Closet Children
Nicolas has an appointment with his sister Juliette. They are bound by a heavy secret of childhood: their mother committed suicide while their father had charged Nicolas to keep her. Since then, the father has chased him out and has forbidden Juliette to see Nicolas again. Juliette and Nicolas, brother and sister, reunite years after arranging to meet. Nicolas struggles to survive in a shabby Paris hotel, while Juliette has married Berlu, her father's partner in dubious African dealings. Their reunion rekindles the uneasy bond that has always connected them-a mix of desire, complicity, and guilt tied to their mother's suicide, which occurred the day they chose their secret "closet" rendezvous over keeping vigil by her bedside. A small cross on Juliette's shoulder, drawn long ago by Nicolas with their father's treasured sword cane, remains a symbol of that forbidden link. The same object becomes Nicolas's tool to test his sister's submission. Between impulse and restraint, the story unfolds within a troubled family web: Juliette tries to mediate her impossible love through her friend Laure, while Nicolas, more lucid, lets Laure slip away to his friend Julien.
Closet Children
Drama
Film Details
Nicolas has an appointment with his sister Juliette. They are bound by a heavy secret of childhood: their mother committed suicide while their father had charged Nicolas to keep her. Since then, the father has chased him out and has forbidden Juliette to see Nicolas again.
Juliette and Nicolas, brother and sister, reunite years after arranging to meet. Nicolas struggles to survive in a shabby Paris hotel, while Juliette has married Berlu, her father's partner in dubious African dealings. Their reunion rekindles the uneasy bond that has always connected them-a mix of desire, complicity, and guilt tied to their mother's suicide, which occurred the day they chose their secret "closet" rendezvous over keeping vigil by her bedside.
A small cross on Juliette's shoulder, drawn long ago by Nicolas with their father's treasured sword cane, remains a symbol of that forbidden link. The same object becomes Nicolas's tool to test his sister's submission. Between impulse and restraint, the story unfolds within a troubled family web: Juliette tries to mediate her impossible love through her friend Laure, while Nicolas, more lucid, lets Laure slip away to his friend Julien..