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2005

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The Child stars Jeremie Renier as Bruno, a young petty thief who has just fathered a baby with his 18 year-old girlfriend Sonia. When the temptation of easy moeny leads him to commit an act of shocking recklessness, its grave repercussions force a remorseful Bruno into a desperate and dangerous attempt to make ends meet... Read more

Starring	Deborah Francois, Jeremie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione, Jeremie Renier
Director	Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Absolutely terrific... The Dardenne Brothers have undoubtedly taken their place among the world's leading filmmakers.
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- - Time Out
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
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  Very good
  
  Interesting and realistic story about how a young lad can get himself into ever escalating levels of trouble. Nicely acted and set. Well worth watching as it&#... read more »
  
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  - Eddy555
  - 1 review
  - 28 Jul 2006 at 12:57
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  Petty thief lout
  
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  I am cold. I am hungry. I am alone. Tonight I shall sleep alone. It's raining and cold outside. I warm myself with a Pot Noodle. The sell-by date is ... read more »
  
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- - shakesmyteeth
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  - 12 Jun 2011 at 16:29
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  Social Drama - French Style
  
  The film involves a teenage couple in Paris. She has just given birth to his child, a son called Jimmy. He is irresponsible, out of work and making his living ... read more »
  
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- - Minopater
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  - Wallington
  - 26 Mar 2011 at 12:51
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  The Child
  
  Interesting enough with good performances but felt a little old hack. I always expect so much of french films and this one didn't quite measure up. Not ... read more »
  
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  - Ell1981
  - 169 reviews
  - London
  - 07 Dec 2010 at 12:19
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  Thought provoking
  
  Interesting look at the outcome of desperation when trying to survive without family support mechanisms. Disappointing wrap on the outcomes or consequences of ... read more »
  
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- - DomainTickler
  - 7 reviews
  - UK
  - 11 Aug 2010 at 08:54
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  A good characterisation of a bad apple
  
  Belgian film with French dialogue and English subtitles. Renier plays a selfish petty thief with no scruples. His focus on living off others leads to more and ... read more »
  
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  - Dungbeetle
  - 503 reviews
  - London
  - 03 Apr 2010 at 23:34
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  The Child
  
  As this was my first film rented fro Love Films, I was very dissappointed as it was in French with sub-titles. Don't like watching a film with sub-titles ... read more »
  
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  - Melrose
  - 07 Feb 2010 at 04:19
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  L'Enfant
  
  This was really a fabulous film. I watched in the end on my unlimited package online instead of hiring it out. From beginning to end it displayed maturity from ... read more »
  
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- - venezuela
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  - Isleworth
  - 06 Feb 2010 at 18:43
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  The Criminal
  
  What a film, please stick with it in the first two or three minutes; but honestly I`d wonder how anyone couldn`t be transfixed by the piece of cinematic ... read more »
  
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- - Pearson
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  - Malvern Wells
  - 21 Jan 2010 at 16:09
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  Childish
  
  Just thinking about what my review title should be, I realised what a clever title the film has. This is not really about the baby in the film, but the child-... read more »
  
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- - Nootlin
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  - London
  - 06 Jan 2010 at 17:18
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  Belgium can do films
  
  Although in french this is a belgian film and is a good film at that. Private Property is better but this is well acted and perhaps is slightly better at ... read more »
  
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- - Randomfilmbuff
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  - 17 Nov 2009 at 23:08
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- - 28
  - 1
  Very good
  
  Interesting and realistic story about how a young lad can get himself into ever escalating levels of trouble. Nicely acted and set. Well worth watching as it&#... read more »
  
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- 268836
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  - Eddy555
  - 1 review
  - 28 Jul 2006 at 12:57
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  realistic cinema..
  
  yes it is actually in French but people that can t read should learn to!!
  
  it s a lesson of cinema..Belgian cinema by the way..
  
  realistic ... read more »
  
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  - England
  - 27 Oct 2006 at 06:38
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  a film well made
  
  this film is extremely good and it's so raw and real it makes for uncomfortable viewing, and it offers no catharsis but the distanced viewing of the ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 31 Oct 2006 at 17:22
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  Since when did subtitles matter
  
  Sorry to pick a fight, but I am astounded by the review above. That a (presumably reasonably well-educated) person in 2007 is unable ... read more »
  
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- - GoonerMoose
  - 12 reviews
  - London
  - 27 Jan 2007 at 11:56
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  DIDNT WATCH
  
  DIDNT REALISE IT WAS IN SUBTITLES
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 04 Sep 2006 at 09:15
- - 11
  - 3
  Strange
  
  I was very disappointed by this film.
  
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  - Epsom
  - 15 Apr 2008 at 12:51
- - 7
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  the child
  
  really good film, so thought provoking and realistic you could feel their emotions.
  
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  - england
  - 19 Feb 2007 at 13:11
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  L'Enfant
  
  A film about the troubled relationship between a young thief and his girlfriend. The ingredient that sets the film off is the arrival of their baby. There are ... read more »
  
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  - Bournemouth
  - 21 May 2007 at 17:39
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  Ken Loach goes to Belgium
  
  This film meanders along with virtually no storyline and leaves you feeling slightly short changed in the tradition of Ken Loach.
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 11 Feb 2007 at 15:03
- - 4
  - 0
  Good, but
  
  This was a good film, however, the subtitles appeared very sporadically, the occasional one-liner, which made the film a little hard to follow script-wise, ... read more »
  
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  - Cambridge
  - 11 Dec 2006 at 10:27

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  The Child stars Jeremie Renier as Bruno, a young petty thief who has just fathered a baby with his 18 year-old girlfriend Sonia. When the temptation of easy moeny leads him to commit an act of shocking recklessness, its grave repercussions force a remorseful Bruno into a desperate and dangerous ...