L' Enfant
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Luc Dardenne
Jeremie Renier
Déborah François
Jeremie Segard
Fabrizio Rongione
Olivier Gourmet
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Dispossessed twenty-year old Bruno lives with his eighteen-year-old girlfriend Sonia in Seraing, an eastern Belgian steel town. They live off Sonia's unemployment benefits along with the panhandling and petty thefts committed by Bruno and his gang. Their lives change forever when Sonia gives birth to their child, Jimmy. She returns home after Jimmy's birth to find that Bruno has sublet their apartment to total strangers. After an initial and promising change of heart about becoming a father and changing his ways, Jimmy becomes little more to Bruno than a potential source of wealth. Desperate for money and unable to face his parental responsibilities, Bruno sells Jimmy to a black market connection, who promises to find the child an adoptive home. Realizing the error in his actions Bruno sets out to try and undo his callous deed, leading him to a powerful personal transformation.
Cast
Jeremie Renier
Déborah François
Jeremie Segard
Fabrizio Rongione
Olivier Gourmet
Stephane Bissot
Mireille Bailly
Anne Gérard
Bernard Marbaix
Frederic Bodson
Leon Michaux
Samuel De Ryck
Hachemi Haddad
Olindo Bolzan
Sophia Leboutte
Alao Kasongo
Jean-michel Balthazar
Philippe Jeusette
Crew
Hichame Alaouie
Olivier Bronckart
Jean-pierre Dardenne
Jean-pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne
Luc Dardenne
Benoit De Clerck
Benoit Dervaux
Marie-hélène Dozo
Jean-pierre Duret
Denis Freyd
Igor Gabriel
Bernard Garant
Thomas Gauder
Philippe Groff
Tina Kopecka
Genevifve Lemal
Alexandre Lippens
Alain Marcoen
Veronique Marit
Monic Parelle
Arlette Zylberberg
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
Released in United States Spring March 24, 2006
Released in United States on Video August 15, 2006
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States March 2006
Shown at London Film Festival (Gala Screening) October 19-November 3, 2005.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 22-October 9, 2005.
Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Special Screening) March 10-18, 2006.
Released in United States Spring March 24, 2006
Released in United States on Video August 15, 2006
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at London Film Festival (Gala Screening) October 19-November 3, 2005.)
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 22-October 9, 2005.)
Released in United States March 2006 (Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Special Screening) March 10-18, 2006.)
Co-winner of the 2006 award for Best Director and winner of the 2006 award for Best Foreign-Language Film by the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA).
