Young Ahmed

Ahmed, a Muslim teenager who lives in Belgium, becomes radicalized by a local extremist imam and tries to kill his Muslim – yet, in his eyes, “heretic” – teacher. True to their humanistic, observational approach, the Dardenne brothers focus, once again, on a confused, troubled adolescent. In search of his own path in life, Ahmed, who seems to have been a relatively normal teen under the radar, mirrors the delusions of a disoriented world, attracted to dangerous ideologies, contemplating violence. However controversial Ahmed’s situation appears to be, perhaps too far gone to save, as per usual, it is empathy that has the last word in Dardenne storytelling.