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Synopsis
Dispossessed twenty-year old Bruno (Renier) lives with his eighteen-year-old girlfriend Sonia (Francois) in Seraing, an eastern Belgian steel town. They live off Sonia's unemployment benefits and the panhandling and petty theft committed by Bruno and his gang. Their lives change forever when Sonia gives birth to their child, Jimmy.
Film Information
- Genre: Drama / Foreign
- Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
- Written By: Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
- Starring: Jeramie Renier, Deborah Francois, Jeramie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione, and Olivier Gourmet
- Running Time: 95 minutes, approx.
- MPAA Rating: R for brief language
- Language: English
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Reviews
"L'ENFANT is intended as a pointed critique of pop culture's celebration of arrested adolescence. The title could refer to Renier's baby, Renier himself, or even the gang of schoolboy robbers that he's gathered around himself."
- Noel Murray, The Onion (A.V. Club)
"The Belgian directing brothers deal with themes they have made their own: the difficulty of being moral in an amoral world and the grinding, unforgiving nature of reality for those forced by poverty to live on the margins of society. These are not easy films to experience, but they are uncompromising and unforgettable."
- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"Astonishingly vivid. The illusion of reality is so nearly complete in this magnificent French-language film by the Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne that the screen becomes a perfectly transparent window on lives hanging in the balance."
- Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
"Throughout this raw, often brilliant drama, the Dardennes refuse to judge these deeply flawed characters. They instead maintain a moral objectivity that ultimately leaves room for the possibility of redemption, no matter how dire the sins committed."
- Ken Fox, TV Guide
"Powerfully uplifting precisely because it's so horrifying."
- Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
Showtimes
- Wednesday, June 28th
7:00 pm - Thursday, June 29th
9:30 pm - Friday, June 30th
7:00 pm - Saturday, July 1st
2:00 pm, 9:30 pm - Sunday, July 2nd
2:00 pm - Monday, July 3rd
4:30 pm