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L'Enfant (English: The Child) is a 2005 Belgian film directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, starring Jérémie Renier and Déborah François. The film was released under its French title in the US, and as The Child in the UK. It received critical acclaim and won the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, among other
The Child: Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne. With Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione. Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- 2005-09-14
Sonia (François) and Bruno (Renier), a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, with L'Enfant, propose a very political vision of Belgian (and European) society.
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- Alain Marcoen
- 2005: César Awards: 5 Nominations
- Belgium
Mar 24, 2006 · "L'Enfant" ("The Child") is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). The film has some rough language, but nothing that anyone over 10 hasn't heard before.
L'ENFANT (THE CHILD) Drama. L'Enfant, a groundbreaking drama from award-winning filmmakers Jean Paul and Luc Dardenne, takes us deep into the life of Bruno (Jérémie Renier), a down-and-out petty thief who reaches rock bottom when he sells his newborn son on the black market.
Bruno, 20, and Sonia, 18, live off the young girl's allowance and the petty thefts committed by him and his gang. Sonia has just given birth to Jimmy, their child. The carefree Bruno, who until then had only cared about the here and now, must now learn to become a father.
L’Enfant explores life in a poverty-stricken, gritty, industrial region of French-speaking southern Belgium. Its protagonist, Bruno, is a 20-year-old… Read More; history of film
