Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hair-dresser agrees to foster him on week-ends.
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| Thomas Doret | ... | Cyril | |
| Cécile de France | ... | Samantha (as Cécile De France) | |
| Jérémie Renier | ... | Guy Catoul | |
| Fabrizio Rongione | ... | Le libraire | |
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Baptiste Sornin | ... | Éducateur 1 |
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Samuel De Ryck | ... | Éducateur 2 (as Samuel De Rijk) |
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Carl Jadot | ... | Instituteur |
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Claudy Delfosse | ... | Homme gare de bus |
| Jean-Michel Balthazar | ... | Voisin Val Polet | |
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Frédéric Dussenne | ... | Concierge |
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Myriem Akheddiou | ... | L'assistante médicale |
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Sandra Raco | ... | Éducatrice |
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Hicham Slaoui | ... | Directeur |
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At about 11, the stubborn and impulsive Cyril seems on his way to delinquency: he has no mother, his father wants a new life without him, so he's in a foster institution. He searches for his father, wanting him and his bike. Through the intersession of Samantha, a hairdresser Cyril happens upon, he gets his bike back, and she offers to take him into her home on weekends. He remains aloof from her and gets involved with a young crook. Is Cyril intent on driving Samantha away - and what then? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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FrenchRelease Date:
18 May 2011 (Belgium) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$45,933, 18 March 2012, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$1,384,749, 10 June 2012Company Credits
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from Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73
written by Ludwig van Beethoven
performed by Alfred Brendel and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Bernard Haitink
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Based on the idea of a film about "a woman who helps a boy emerge from the violence that holds him prisoner" by Dardenne Brothers. See more »Goofs
When the hairdresser is leaving the orphanage after she returned Cyrill's bike the car she is driving makes the sound of Diesel engine, but in the next scene with the same car the car sounds like it has a petrol engine. See more »Connections
Referenced in DP/30: Conversations About Movies: Kid with a Bike, Director/Writers Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (2011) See more »Soundtracks
Adagio un poco mossofrom Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73
written by Ludwig van Beethoven
performed by Alfred Brendel and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Bernard Haitink
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Cyril, a young boy of about 12, is abandoned by his deadbeat father in the care of some sort of group home. He obsessively tries to reunite with his father, and in the process, falls into the hands of a surrogate mother... and a rather shady surrogate father. The Dardennes aren't straying much from their established style, but there's no reason to. Again, we have a highly effective look at people in emotional crisis and in the grips of moral dilemmas. Throughout the film you're questioning your reactions to things (boy, that Cyril seems like an awful little monster at first) or asking "What would I do?" Again, the camera-work is immediate and unfettered by stylistic flourishes, putting you right inside the lives of these characters. Again, the performances are so natural they feel almost documentary. While I don't think Thomas Doret is as powerful a young actor as Emilie Dequenne in ROSETTA or other Dardenne leads, he does win you over after an unsympathetic start. The movie deals with several parallel themes, the most prominent being one of finding love and acceptance where you can, but it doesn't simply hammer on that one and leaves room for other avenues. I'm not sure yet if I would put this among the best of the Dardennes, but it made a strong first impression.