What age is Young Hearts appropriate for?

8 alone, 7 with a parent; 7 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is Young Hearts not recommended under 8?

What's in it: a boy who hides; kisses and nights side by side; a lot of silence. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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Young Hearts: what age is it for? 8 alone, 7 with a parent

8 alone, 7 with a parent.

Movie · 2024 · 1 h 37 · drama, romance

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The trailer

Alone, or with you

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not yetwith an adult, or to talk about afteralonethe sweet spot

Alone from 8; from 7, with an adult or by talking about it afterwards.

The sweet spot: around 12-14, when you start wondering whom you love, and can watch two boys your age say it to each other. Why a sweet spot?

In France, zinema would say 7.

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What it's about

14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.

Why 8

A boy who hidesElias pushes away the one he loves for fear of others, lies to his girlfriend and his friends, cries alone; arguments, a long silence between the two boys. No violence.
Kisses and nights side by sideTwo fourteen-year-old boys who kiss and sleep against each other, fully dressed; nothing sexual. Four swear words in French.
A lot of silenceMore than a quarter of the film without dialogue, Flemish landscapes, a grandfather who talks about his late wife.

What the movie brings

A first love between two boys told with rare gentleness, without drama or villain.
The courage to tell your family and your class whom you love, at fourteen.
A slow, luminous Belgian film, to watch with a teenager who is asking questions.

Watching it together

Before

Nothing shocks; say that the two boys love each other, so that the question does not hang in the air.

After

at 8 and up

Elias is afraid of what others will say: what helps him, in the end, to stop hiding?

See the facts

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A zinema reading from September 20, 2026 · the whole movie, watched in full · the age by zinema's rules for the US and France, and a human reading · report an error · how this guide is made