L'Enfant (film)

L'Enfant
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Produced by	Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne Denis Freyd
Written by	Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne
Starring	Jérémie Renier Déborah François
Cinematography	Alain Marcoen
Edited by	Marie-Hélène Dozo
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release dates	17 May 2005 (2005-05-17) (Cannes) 14 September 2005 (2005-09-14) (Belgium)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Belgium
Language	French
Budget	€3.6 million^[1]
Box office	$5.5 million^[2]

L'Enfant (English: The Child) is a 2005 Belgian film directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, starring Jérémie Renier and Déborah François. The film was released under its French title in the US, and as The Child in the UK.

Plot

Bruno, 20, and Sonia, 18, are surviving on her welfare checks and Bruno's petty crimes when Sonia becomes pregnant. Bruno sells their baby to a black market adoption ring to make some quick cash. Faced with Sonia's shock, he regrets his mistake and buys the child back at a premium—but, after being turned away by Sonia, his mounting debts lead Bruno down a quick path to desperation.

Cast

Jérémie Renier as Bruno
Déborah François as Sonia
Jérémie Segard as Steve
Fabrizio Rongione
Olivier Gourmet

Critical response

L'Enfant received mostly positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 86% approval rating, based on 106 reviews, with an average score of 7.5/10. The site's consensus reads, "The Dardennes continue to excel at presenting works of rigorous naturalism, with detached observations of authentic characters that nevertheless resonate with complex moral issues.".^[3] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 87, based on 34 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[4]

Awards and nominations

L'Enfant won the Palme d'Or in 2005 Cannes Film Festival,^[5] making directors Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne twice winners of the Palme d'Or, having won the award previously in 1999 with Rosetta. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC). It was also nominated for Best Film and Best Actor (for Jérémie Renier) at the European Film Awards.

The film was chosen as Belgium's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but did not secure a nomination.

Belgian Film Critics Association (Belgium)
Won: André Cavens Award
Cannes Film Festival (France)
- Won: Golden Palm^[5]
César Awards (France)
- Nominated: Best Director (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)
- Nominated: Best Film
- Nominated: Best Writing – Original (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)
- Nominated: Most Promising Actress (Déborah François)
David di Donatello Awards (Italy)
- Nominated: Best European Film
Joseph Plateau Awards (Belgium)
- Won: Best Actor (Jérémie Renier)
- Won: Best Actress (Déborah François)
- Won: Best Director (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Screenplay (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)
London Film Critics (UK)
- Nominated: Foreign Language Film of the Year
Online Film Critics (USA)
- Nominated: Best Foreign Film
Toronto Film Critics (Canada)
- Won: Best Director (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)
- Won: Best Foreign Language Film

References

↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=812
↑ "The Child". Boxofficemojo. Retrieved March 04, 2012.
↑ "L'Enfant (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes.
↑ "L'Enfant (The Child)". Metacritic.
1 2 "Festival de Cannes: L'Enfant". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-06.

External links

Official site
L'Enfant at the Internet Movie Database
L'Enfant at Metacritic
L'Enfant at Rotten Tomatoes
L'Enfant at AllMovie

Films directed by the Dardenne brothers

The Promise (1996) Rosetta (1999) The Son (2002) L'Enfant (2005) Lorna's Silence (2008) The Kid with a Bike (2011) Two Days, One Night (2014) The Unknown Girl (2016)

Awards for L'Enfant

Palme d'Or winning films

Union Pacific (1939)
Iris and the Lieutenant (1946)
The Lost Weekend (1946)
The Red Meadows (1946)
Brief Encounter (1946)
María Candelaria (1946)
Neecha Nagar (1946)
The Turning Point (1946)
La Symphonie Pastorale (1946)
The Last Chance (1946)
Men Without Wings (1946)
Rome, Open City (1946)
The Third Man (1949)
Miss Julie (1951)
Miracle in Milan (1951)
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952)
Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Gate of Hell (1954)
Marty (1955)
The Silent World (1956)
Friendly Persuasion (1957)
The Cranes Are Flying (1958)
Black Orpheus (1959)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
The Long Absence (1961)
Viridiana (1961)
O Pagador de Promessas (1962)
The Leopard (1963)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
Blowup (1967)
if.... (1969)
MASH (1970)
The Go-Between (1971)
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1972)
The Mattei Affair (1972)
The Hireling (1973)
Scarecrow (1973)
The Conversation (1974)
Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Padre Padrone (1977)
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Tin Drum (1979)
All That Jazz (1980)
Kagemusha (1980)
Man of Iron (1981)
Missing (1982)
Yol (1982)
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Paris, Texas (1984)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
The Mission (1986)
Under the Sun of Satan (1987)
Pelle the Conqueror (1988)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Barton Fink (1991)
The Best Intentions (1992)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
The Piano (1993)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Underground (1995)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Taste of Cherry (1997)
The Eel (1997)
Eternity and a Day (1998)
Rosetta (1999)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
The Son's Room (2001)
The Pianist (2002)
Elephant (2003)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
The Child (2005)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
The Class (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
The Tree of Life (2011)
Amour (2012)
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Winter Sleep (2014)
Dheepan (2015)
I, Daniel Blake (2016)

André Cavens Award for Best Film

1970s	The Son of Amir Is Dead – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1976) In the Name of the Führer – Lydia Chagoll (1977) Woman Between Wolf and Dog – André Delvaux (1979)

1980s	My Name Is Anna Magnani – Chris Vermorcken (1980) Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1981) Le Lit – Marion Hänsel (1982) Brussels by Night – Marc Didden (1983) Permeke – Patrick Conrad and Henri Storck (1985) The van Paemel Family – Paul Cammermans (1986) Wedding in Galilee – Michel Khleifi (1987) The Abyss – André Delvaux (1988) Wait Until Spring, Bandini – Dominique Deruddere (1989)

1990s	Monsieur – Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1990) Toto the Hero – Jaco Van Dormael (1991) Man Bites Dog – Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde (1992) Just Friends – Marc-Henri Wajnberg (1993) La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 – Jan Bucquoy (1994) Manneken Pis – Frank Van Passel (1995) La Promesse – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (1996) Gabriel's Dream – Anne Lévy-Morelle (1997) Rosie – Patrice Toye (1998) Rosetta – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (1999)

2000s	Lijmen/Het Been – Robbe De Hert (2000) No Man's Land – Danis Tanović (2001) The Son – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (2002) On the Run / An Amazing Couple / After Life – Lucas Belvaux (2003) Gilles' Wife – Frédéric Fonteyne (2004) The Child – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (2005) The Only One – Geoffrey Enthoven (2006) Private Property – Joachim Lafosse (2007) Eldorado – Bouli Lanners (2008) Unspoken – Fien Troch (2009)

2010s	Mr. Nobody – Jaco Van Dormael (2010) Bullhead – Michael R. Roskam (2011) Our Children – Joachim Lafosse (2012) Kid – Fien Troch (2013) Two Days, One Night – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (2014) The Brand New Testament – Jaco Van Dormael (2015)

Lumières Award for Best French-Language Film

The Son (2003) The Barbarian Invasions (2004) Tomorrow We Move (2005) L'Enfant (2006) Bamako (2007) Délice Paloma (2008) Lorna's Silence (2009) I Killed My Mother (2010) A Screaming Man (2011) Incendies (2012) The Pirogue (2013) Horses of God (2014) Two Days, One Night (2015) Much Loved (2016)

Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film

Bagdad Café (1987)
A World Apart (1989)
Time of the Gypsies (1990)
Monsieur Hire (1991)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
The Piano (1993)
Short Cuts (1994)
Before the Rain (1995)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Festen (1998)
All About My Mother (1999)
Magnolia (2000)
Amélie (2001)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
The Hours (2003)
The Return (2004)
L'Enfant (2005)
The Lives of Others (2006)
This Is England (2007)
Lust, Caution (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Lourdes (2010)
A Separation (2011)
Amour (2012)
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Two Days, One Night (2014)
Leviathan (2015)

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