A pregnant teen and a lost boy: two runaways, one desperate road trip through Belgium.
Acting
Marie Gillain's raw, unvarnished debut performance.
Direction
Handwerker's unflinching handheld social realism.
Director
Marian Handwerker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marie Gillain was only 17 during filming; this was her screen debut before becoming a major French star.
Handwerker was a rare female voice in 1990s Belgian cinema, which was dominated by the Dardenne brothers' emerging realism.
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