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Just Friends

Just Friends

7,1 /10 (96 Votes)
2019 NL 84 min

Overview

Joris is trying to come to terms with his broken family relationships on the 10th anniversary of his father’s death when he meets the free-spirited, Yad. Also dealing with family issues, Yad has returned home to The Netherlands after living on his own. Joris and Yad spark an instant connection and decide they want to be more than “just friends,” but fear their families could threaten their relationship.

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Release date

25/05/2019

Votes

96

Popularity

1.6

With benefits.

Status

Released

Original title

Gewoon vrienden

Language

NL

Runtime

84 min

Website

peccadillo.film

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-03-28

⭐ 7

I really quite enjoyed this - it's a gentle romance in the truest sense of the word - and the two lead performances have much to commend them. "Yad" (Majd Marko - surely a long lost Jonas brother?) takes a job keeping an eye on an elderly lady "Ans" (Jenny Arean) who has a cute grandson "Joris" (Josha Stradowski). She is pretty complicit in getting the two to hookup, and after a brief courting period... What makes this fun is that there are no family issues around their open sexuality. Sure, "Yoris" and his rich, widowed mum have issues - but they have nothing to do with his sexuality and "Yad…

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