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The Child
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2005 film by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
OverviewAI-generated
The Child (L'Enfant) is a Belgian-French drama film directed, written and produced by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne for RTBF. Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Olivier Gourmet and Fabrizio Rongione star, with cinematography by Alain Marcoen and editing by Marie-Hélène Dozo. Shot on 16 mm film, its narrative is set in Seraing and addresses teenage pregnancy and paternity.
The film received the Palme d'Or and was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Film, Best Actor, and the People's Choice Award for Best European Film at the 18th European Film Awards. Rated R, it earned $5,507,396 at the box office.
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Film · TMDB
7.1A poor young Belgian mother wants her petty thief of a boyfriend to be gainfully employed to raise their newborn child, but he has other ideas.
Cast
- Jérémie Renier as Bruno
- Déborah François as Sonia
- Olivier Gourmet as Policier
- Jérémie Segard as Steve
- Stéphane Bissot as La receleuse
- François Olivier as Remy
Themes
- drug dealer
- baby
- parent child relationship
- pregnant minor
- petty crimes
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
19,785 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
87/100
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 14 wins & 21 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Palme d'Or
- Participant in
- 18th European Film Awards
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- paternity
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Screenwriter
- Luc Dardenne
- Cinematographer
- Alain Marcoen
- Narrative location
- Seraing
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 375702
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonyclassics.com/thechild
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- title
- L’Enfant
- publication date
- 2005-11-17
- film editor
- Marie-Hélène Dozo
- film format
- 16 mm film
- review score
- 87/100
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