Das Kind (2005)

Das Kind: 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.

“I canu0026#39;t say that Iu0026#39;m a fan of the previous Dardennesu0026#39; movies… Saw Rosetta and u0026quot;Le filsu0026quot; and… well… didnu0026#39;t really go INTO them as I would have liked… probably because of the way (at the time) they were filmed … sort of u0026quot;dogma inspiredu0026quot; way of filming… following the neck/back of the characters, moving all the time… that makes me sea-sick… Thatu0026#39;s a detail that can make you laugh but something that disturbs me a lot from the story and that must not be used all the time in a film I think…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTo me, the film is first a love story between two young people, two kids in a way (more the guy than the girl) more than a social drama… a true one… but nevertheless standing in a social context that is obviously proposed from the first images, and that counts and is indissociable from the characters and what they live and are living in.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat I felt is a real empathy for those two young lovers… Their love, their strength – each one trying to find a future, a new future… with their own means… Through money, through surviving, through a baby… through tears and the rare basic things of life they know or have been taught of…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s 1h35 youu0026#39;re watching a young man grow… u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy great enthusiasm for the film is also because of the actors. Jeremie Renier and Deborah Francois… They shine, they tremble and theyu0026#39;re so true… I will also add the young boy who play Steve.. The film wouldnu0026#39;t be as touching without them… Wonderful belgian actors !!! BEST wishes to you all, you deserve it ! (Little moment of chauvinism, sorry LOL… anyway…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a film I would recommend…”