L'Enfant (The Child)

Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime

Runtime: 95 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 2006

Countries: Belgium, France

Languages: French

DIRECTED BY:

Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

WRITTEN BY:

Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

CAST INCLUDES:

Jeremie Renier, Deborah Francois, Jeremie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione, Olivier Gourmet

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

"Those masters of small-scale realism, Belgian brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, have created yet another beautifully acted, exquisitely observed morality tale," raves Variety. The Dardennes (TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT; THE KID WITH A BIKE) deliver a brilliant portrait of a young couple, Bruno and Sonia, living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, who have a new source of money: their newborn son. L'ENFANT (THE CHILD) won the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or, and stars Jérémie Renier (IN BRUGES) and Déborah François (POPULAIRE).

SYNOPSIS

After giving birth, teenage Sonia (Déborah François) returns home to find that her boyfriend, irresponsible petty criminal Bruno (Jérémie Segard), has sublet their apartment. Sonia tracks Bruno down on the street, and after the couple spends the night together, they decide to start a new life with the baby. But the next morning, Bruno sells their child for cash, sending Sonia into shock. Shaken by her decision to press charges against him, Bruno sets out to retrieve the baby.

L'Enfant (The Child)

Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime

Runtime: 95 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 2006

Countries: Belgium, France

Languages: French

DIRECTED BY

Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

WRITTEN BY

Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

CAST INCLUDES

Jeremie Renier, Deborah Francois, Jeremie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione, Olivier Gourmet

ANGELIKA’S NOTE
SYNOPSIS

"L'Enfant is a forceful, impassioned and unsparing triumph from Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne."

Rolling Stone

"An example of how cinema has the power to convince, to move and to compel with the fewest possible material resources."

Guardian

"Those masters of small-scale realism, Belgian brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, have created yet another beautifully acted, exquisitely observed morality tale."

Variety