THE CHILD
by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
synopsis
Bruno, twenty, and Sonia, eighteen, live from a subsidy that Sonia receives and the income of the thefts committed by Bruno and his group of shady youngsters. Sonia has just given birth to their child Jimmy. How can Bruno become a father, he who is so superficial, who lives from day to day and whose only preoccupation is the money from his next gig.
| international title: | The Child |
| original title: | L'Enfant |
| country: | Belgium |
| sales agent: | Celluloid Dreams |
| year: | 2005 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne |
| film run: | 95' |
| release date: | BE 15/09/2005, FR 19/10/2005, CH 19/10/2005, PL 21/10/2005, Ex- Yugoslavia 27/10/2005, ES 11/11/2005, DE 17/11/2005, GR 21/11/2005, IT 02/12/2005, AT 08/12/2005, SE 16/12/2005, UK 10/03/2006, PT 01/01/2006, NO 06/01/2006, HU 15/03/2006, FI 01/04/2006, DK 02/06/2006 |
| screenplay: | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne |
| cast: | Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione, Olivier Gourmet |
| cinematography by: | Alain Marcoen |
| film editing: | Marie-Hélène Dozo |
| art director: | Igor Gabriel |
| producer: | Denis Freyd, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne |
| production: | Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 35, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Scope Invest (BE), ARTE France Cinema (FR) |
| backing: | Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté française de Belgique et les Télédistributeurs wallons, Eurimages, MEDIA programme, Loterie Nationale de Belgique , CanaJ +, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Region Wallonne, Wallimage, Tax-Shelter du Gouvernement fédéral de Belgique |
| distributor: | Cinéart, Diaphana Distribution, Xenix Filmdistribution Gmbh, Gutek Film, Vértigo Films, StudioCanal Germany, Audio Visual Enterprises S.A., Filmladen, Folkets Bio, Curzon Artificial Eye, Atalanta Filmes, Arthaus, Cirko Film, Future Film Oy Ab, Camera Film, Icelandic Film Corporation, A-Film Distribution, Independenta Film |
