Winter Boy

Winter Boy (Le Lycéen, 2022) is a French drama from Christophe Honoré that you can watch online on iFILM. Lucas is seventeen, openly gay, living in a small mountain town — until his father dies in a car crash that may or may not have been a suicide.

The loss knocks the boy off his axis. He drifts between home, where he now lives alone with his mother, and Paris, where his older brother has built a separate life. Grief comes out of Lucas in messy, reckless ways: sex, fights, running off, reaching for anyone who might numb it. He describes himself as a wild animal that still needs taming.

Paul Kircher carries the film as Lucas, with Juliette Binoche as his mother and Vincent Lacoste alongside. Honoré drew heavily on his own youth, which is why it feels so raw and uneven — no tidy lessons, just a jittery, fully alive teenager. A good fit for anyone who likes quiet, personal cinema about coming of age and losing a parent. Stream Winter Boy (2022) online on iFILM.