Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julia, Ariane, and Naïma, all of whom have grown up in difficult circumstances, struggle to obtain a better life for themselves and their children.
Acting
Non-professional cast brings devastating authenticity.
Direction
Dardennes' handheld intimacy never feels exploitative.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds overheard, not written.
Director
Luc Dardenne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Dardennes cast largely from actual mother-baby shelters in Liège, Belgium's industrial heartland.
This continues their 30-year obsession with characters who make moral choices under economic duress — but here, motherhood complicates every 'right' answer.
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