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16:30

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Pazzanistraat 4, Amsterdam

Lukas Dhont (Girl, Close) returns with Coward: a breathtaking love drama about two boys who find each other in the horrors of the First World War.

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Coward

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A Breathtaking Love Story Amidst WWI

On the Belgian front in WWI, Pierre tries to hold his own among the other men. Behind the lines, he meets the charismatic Francis, who, along with a group of rejected soldiers, creates improvised theater performances to keep the troops' morale high. Amidst muddy trenches, where vulnerability seems to have no place, Francis opens up an unexpected space of imagination, freedom, and tenderness for Pierre. Behind the scenes, the men find each other more and more often, and their shared moments gain increasing significance. Something emerges that the war cannot seem to destroy: moments of freedom and an unexpected love.

Coward is a moving and powerful war and love drama about courage and fear, masculinity and the power of art, desire and connection. The film by acclaimed director Lukas Dhont (Girl, Close) had its world premiere in the main competition at Cannes, where lead actors Emmanuel Macchia (Pierre) and Valentin Campagne (Francis) jointly received the award for Best Actor. For Macchia, it was his feature film debut; Dhont cast him from a landscape architecture school. Coward is the official Belgian entry for the 2027 Oscars. Lukas Dhont was inspired by historical WWI photos of young soldiers performing a show for each other just behind the front, often in women's clothing.