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The Dardenne Brothers won this year’s Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival for this brave new work, another intimate portrayal-in-furious-motion of a protagonist in crisis. The filmmakers’ radical empathy alights on a Muslim teenager (extraordinary first-time actor Idir Ben Addi) in a small Belgian town who is being gradually radicalized into extremism despite the desperate protestations of his single mother (Claire Bodson), and who winds up hatching a murderous plot targeting his beloved teacher (Myriem Akheddiou). Taking a serious view of a difficult issue—the effect of fanaticism on the body and soul—the Dardennes here remind viewers why they continue to be at the center of 21st-century cinema. – New York Film Festival
Original Release
05/22/2019
US Release
02/21/2020
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Idir Ben Addi | Ahmed |
Olivier Bonnaud | L'éducateur de référence |
Myriem Akheddiou | Inès |
Victoria Bluck | Louise |
Claire Bodson | La mère |
Othmane Moumen | Imam Youssouf |
Amine Hamidou | Rachid |
Yassine Tarsimi | Abdel |
Cyra Lassman | Yasmine |
Karim Chihab | Conseiller philosophique |
Directors
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Writers
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast
Name | Character |
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Idir Ben Addi | Ahmed |
Olivier Bonnaud | L'éducateur de référence |
Myriem Akheddiou | Inès |
Victoria Bluck | Louise |
Claire Bodson | La mère |
Othmane Moumen | Imam Youssouf |
Amine Hamidou | Rachid |
Yassine Tarsimi | Abdel |
Cyra Lassman | Yasmine |
Karim Chihab | Conseiller philosophique |
Nadège Ouedraogo | Educatrice |
Frank Onana | Fouad |
Laurent Caron | Mathieu |
Annette Closset | Sandrine |
Madeleine Baudot | Educatrice enseignante |
Bazil Jall | Le jeune enseigné par Ahmed |
Eva Zingaro | Psychologue du centre |
Philippe Toussaint | Policier 1 |
Anthony Foladore | Policier 2 |
Benoît Stiz | Policier palais de Justice |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Delphine Tomson | Executive Producer |
Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Producer |
Luc Dardenne | Producer |
Tanguy Dekeyser | Producer |
Denis Freyd | Producer |
Arlette Zylberberg | Producer |