Le gamin au velo / The Kid with a Bike (2011) 2 x DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection
on February 25th, 2019 at 22:22
Like all previous Dardenne Brothers films, The Kid With A Bike touches the heart in a special way. It tells a simple, perhaps too familiar, but moving story about a boy who needs his father but can't have him.
Newcomer Thomas Doret gives a very good performance as Cyril, a 10-year-old in care who is obsessed with the idea that his errant dad Guy (Jeremie Renier) is keeping his bike for him, and still wants to be with him. In fact, this irresponsible deadbeat just wants to be rid of the child. Obsessively, heartbreakingly, Cyril disregards all the evidence that his father doesn't love him. A kindly hairdresser called Samantha (Cecile de France) takes a miraculous shine to Cyril and agrees to take him for weekends, but the lack of a father figure means that Cyril falls for the insidious charm of a local drug-dealer.
BD50, 2xDVD9 | 1080p AVC, NTSC | 01:27:32 | 41 Gb + 11.9 Gb
Language: Francais
Subtitles: English
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast: Thomas Doret, Cecile de France, Jeremie Renier
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Genre: Drama
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