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KID WITH A BIKE, THE

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The Dardenne Brothers' remarkable and most accessible feature is the story of an 11-year-old boy in need of love, trying to reconnect to his absent father, who deserted him and left him in an institution. This leads to a beautiful, troubled, redemptive, and ultimately profound connection with a stranger--a single hairdresser played by Cecile de France. Set in a nondescript Belgian town, like most of the Dardenne films, the performance by Thomas Doret as Cyril, the boy, is astonishing, as is the film's sheer physicality, force of motion, and redemptive power. In French with English subtitles.

Jean-Pierre Dardenne/Luc Dardenne---Belgium/France---2011---87 mins.
L'ENFANT/ THE CHILD
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Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's powerful drama edged out some impressive          competition to nab the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Jeremie Renier and Deborah          Francois star as Bruno and Sonia, a young couple eeking out a hand-to-mouth      existence against the bleak, industrial landscape of their Belgian town.       Bruno's petty crime is barely enough to keep the pair afloat, and their        newborn son is a perpetual cause of worry and frustration--until Bruno makes a horrifying decision to capitalize on their only asset. "An odyssey (toward       grace?) in a world that could hardly seem more material" (J. Hoberman,         Village Voice). In French with English subtitles.                        Jean-Pierre Dardenne/Luc Dardenne---Belgium/France---2005---95 mins.
LA PROMESSE (CRITERION)
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Named Best Foreign Language Film by the National Society of Film Critics and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, La Promesse is a moving, authentic drama in the neo-realist tradition that follows a father and son who rent apartments to illegal immigrants and exploit them as a work force. When one immigrant is injured, the different values of all involved are exposed. "Casts a critical journalistic eye on European multiculturalism and the escalating hostility toward immigrants, especially Africans. What it sees is a Darwinian survival struggle" (Stephen Holden, New York Times). In French with English subtitles.

Jean-Pierre Dardenne/Luc Dardenne---Belgium---1996---94 mins.
ROSETTA (CRITERION)
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Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes and critically acclaimed around the world, Rosetta is a profound, uncompromisingly realistic portrait of a young girl trying to survive a life of poverty. Desperate to get a job, suffering from stomach cramps, and aggressively protective and critical of her alcoholic mother, she grasps at the slightest glimpse of hope--a job at a waffle stand. "This may sound like the grimmest sort of neo-realism, but the Dardennes keep the story so ruthlessly unsentimental and physical it would be a disservice to describe it as neo anything...it makes just about every other form of movie 'realism' around at the moment look like trivial escapism" (Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader). Newcomer Emilie Dequenne won Best Actress honors at Cannes. In French with English subtitles.

Jean-Pierre Dardenne/Luc Dardenne---Belgium---1999---93 mins.
SON, THE
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The third feature from the Dardenne brothers (Rosetta) is an intense and   emotional look at a father dealing with the loss of his son. Hypnotically        naturalistic and intimately filmed with a hand-held camera, The Son        follows Olivier, a carpentry teacher, who takes on his son's killer as a       student, but the student is unaware of his teacher's true identity. Olivier    Gourmet received a Best Actor Award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his   role as the grieving father. "It is as assured and flawless a telling of         sadness and joy as I have ever seen" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).   Luc Dardenne/Jean-Pierre Dardenne---Belgium/France---2002---103 mins.