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The Child on DVD (2005)

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Average rating: 63%
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Starring: Jeremie Renier | Deborah Francois | Jeremie Segard | Fabrizio Rongione
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Luc Dardenne
Studio: ARTIFICIAL EYE
Run time: 100 mins
Certificate: 15
User collections: Films that stole my heart and polished my soul | Palme d'Or Winners
Genres: Drama | World Cinema
Languages: French
Subtitles: English
Released: 24/07/2006

Brief synopsis of The Child

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...

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Tom Charity, LOVEFiLM
"Good Belgian Movie Shock!" Fifteen years ago, my editor at Time Out magazine thought that headline was so amusing he slapped it on the front cover. I don't remember,... read more »

Time Out

Absolutely terrific... The Dardenne Brothers have undoubtedly taken their place among the world's leading filmmakers.

The Guardian

The Dardenne Brothers' masterwork... Transcendentally powerful, compassionate drama... As gripping as any thriller.

Sukhdev Sandu

More than a masterpiece... The most exciting emotionally complex and incredibly acted film.

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Rated - 4 starsVery good

Eddy555 Eddy555 from , 28/07/2006

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's very thought provoking. Not the cheeriest of films mind, but then sometimes life isn't all smiles and rainbows.

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Rated - 4 starsa film well made

A customer from London , 31/10/2006

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 development of the characters and their situation. we are not given any information other than what happens, there is no musical score and the dialogue is kept to the realistically necessary so it really feels like we're watching the reality of two young parents who live on the edge of society. uneasy but worth watching till the end.

  13 out of 13 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 5 starsrealistic cinema..

A customer from England , 27/10/2006

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 cinema from the Dardenne brothers [Rosetta + the son]..v good as usual..

rent it!!

  11 out of 12 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 4 starsSince when did subtitles matter

GoonerMoose from London [Highly rated reviewer] , 27/01/2007

Sorry to pick a fight, but I am astounded by the review above. That a (presumably reasonably well-educated) person in 2007 is unable watch a well-subtitled film because they do not speak the language fluently is quite remarkable.

I feel sorry that you are unable to enjoy the 1000s of outstanding 'foreign' films (all six in this year's awards were exceptional) and have to resort to preditable US car chases and boy-meets-girl offerings.

Honestly, try it! You might learn something ...

  7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 4 starsa film well made

A customer from London , 31/10/2006

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 development of the characters and their situation. we are not given any information other than what happens, there is no musical score and the dialogue is kept to the realistically necessary so it really feels like we're watching the reality of two young parents who live on the edge of society. uneasy but worth watching till the end.

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Rated - 2 starsKen Loach goes to Belgium

A customer from UK , 11/02/2007

This film meanders along with virtually no storyline and leaves you feeling slightly short changed in the tradition of Ken Loach.

  4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
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