The Child

Dispossessed 20-year-old Bruno lives with his 18-year-old girlfriend Sonia in Seraing, an eastern Belgian steel town. They live off Sonia’s unemployment benefits and the panhandling and petty theft 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 new 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, which leads him to a powerful personal transformation.
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Script: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Cinematography: Alain Marcoen
Editing: Marie-Helene Dozo
Sound: Jean-Pierre Duret
Actors: Jeremie Renier (Bruno), Deborah Francois (Sonia), Jeremie Segard (Steve)
Production: Les Films du Fleuve
Producers: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Co-production: RTBF, Scope Invest, Arte France Cinema, Archipel 35
Costumes: Monic Parelle
Production Design: Veronique Marit
Sets: Igor Gabriel
Format: Color
Production Country: Belgium-France
Production Year: 2005
Duration: 100
Distribution in Greece: Audio Visual Enterprises SA, GreeceVassilis AlexiouT. +30 210 8092000 F. +30 210 8092122valexiou@audiovisual.gr www.audiovisual.gr
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Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Luc Dardenne

Jean-Pierre Dardenne was born in Engis, Belgium in April 1951. Luc Dardenne was born in Awirs, Belgium in March 1954. In 1975, they founded the production company Derives which has since produced some sixty documentaries, including their own. They first came to international attention in the mid-1990s with The Promise. They won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d’Or at the 1999 Cannes IFF. All their films since have played at the Cannes main competition and won one of the major prizes. In 1994, they founded the production company "Les Films du Fleuve".

Filmography

1978 The Song of the Nightingale/Le chant du rossignol (doc.)
1979 When Leon M.’s Boat Sailed down the Meuse for the First Time/Lorsque le bateau de Leon M. descendit la Meuse pour la premiere fois (doc.)
1980 For theWar to End, theWalls Had to Fall/Pour que la guerre s’acheve, les murs devaient s’ecrouler (doc.)
1981 R…doesn’t Answer Anymore/R…ne repond plus (doc.)
1982 Lessons of a Flying University/Lecons d’une universite volante (doc.)
1983 Look at Jonathan. Jonathan receives a “lesson” /Regard Jonathan/Jean Louvet, son oeuvre (doc.)
1986 Falsch
1987 TheWorld’s Racing/Il Court, il court le monde (short)
1992 You’re on My Mind/Je Pense a vous
1996 The Promise /La Promesse
1999 Rosetta
2002 The Son /Le Fils
2005 The Child /L’Enfant
2007 Darkness /Dans l’Obscurite (short)
2008 Lorna’s Silence/Le Silence de Lorna