DAZZLING, SHIMMERING DRIFTER DRAMA ABOUT THREE QUEER FRIENDS WHO ARE (ALMOST) STILL CHILDREN

Steal ciga­ret­tes and con­doms. Quickly run away. Try out how the ciga­ret­tes tas­te. Blow up the con­doms. And run away again. Who wants to be a wimp? Julien, Tony and Otis are bare­ly older than twel­ve and a con­spi­ra­to­ri­al que­er group that roams the streets of Toronto by day and by night. It’s sum­mer, the kids are on their own, curious and full of ener­gy. Then one of Julien’s con­fi­dants dis­ap­pears. A stir­rin­gly direc­ted and powerful film in every sen­se, very clo­se to the cha­rac­ters, poe­tic and uncom­pro­mi­sing. (StS)