Gorgeously adapted from the best-selling YA novel by Andreas Steinhofel, Center of My World tells the story of 17 year old Phil and the drama he faces once returning from summer camp.
This confident first feature brims with vibrant ambiance and lush cinematography, taking its time to reveal the namesake cult and its rituals, which run just this side of Kenneth Anger. It’s Kubrick by way of Coppola (Sofia, that is) with a dash of Ozon to keep things queer.
Winner of a Panorama Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Berlin International Film Festival. Explicit sex has rarely been used to explore the contours of a new relationship as effectively as in Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau’s new film—an exquisite return for the pair after Born in ’68 and Côte d’Azur.