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Young Ahmed

Original title: Le jeune Ahmed
  • 20192019
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
4.4K
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Young Ahmed (2019)
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A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
4.4K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Jean-Pierre Dardenne
    • Luc Dardenne
  • Writers
    • Jean-Pierre Dardenne(screenplay)
    • Luc Dardenne(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Idir Ben Addi
    • Olivier Bonnaud
    • Myriem Akheddiou
  • Directors
    • Jean-Pierre Dardenne
    • Luc Dardenne
  • Writers
    • Jean-Pierre Dardenne(screenplay)
    • Luc Dardenne(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Idir Ben Addi
    • Olivier Bonnaud
    • Myriem Akheddiou
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 94Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 12 nominations

    Videos2

    Bande-annonce [OV]
    Trailer 1:33
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    Young Ahmed - official US trailer
    Trailer 1:34
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    Photos46

    Idir Ben Addi and Victoria Bluck in Young Ahmed (2019)
    Idir Ben Addi and Myriem Akheddiou in Young Ahmed (2019)
    Young Ahmed (2019)
    Young Ahmed (2019)
    Young Ahmed (2019)
    Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Idir Ben Addi, Laurent Caron, and Olivier Bonnaud in Young Ahmed (2019)
    Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Idir Ben Addi, and Victoria Bluck in Young Ahmed (2019)
    Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, and Idir Ben Addi in Young Ahmed (2019)
    Idir Ben Addi and Victoria Bluck in Young Ahmed (2019)
    Victoria Bluck in Young Ahmed (2019)
    Marc Zinga and Myriem Akheddiou in Young Ahmed (2019)
    Idir Ben Addi and Victoria Bluck in Young Ahmed (2019)

    Top cast

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    Idir Ben Addi
    Idir Ben Addi
    • Ahmed
    Olivier Bonnaud
    • L'éducateur de référence
    Myriem Akheddiou
    Myriem Akheddiou
    • Inès
    Victoria Bluck
    • Louise
    Claire Bodson
    • La mère
    Othmane Moumen
    • Imam Youssouf
    Amine Hamidou
    • Rachid
    Yassine Tarsimi
    • Abdel
    Cyra Lassman
    • Yasmine
    Karim Chihab
    • Conseiller philosophique
    Nadège Ouedraogo
    Nadège Ouedraogo
    • Educatrice
    Frank Onana
    • Fouad
    Laurent Caron
    Laurent Caron
    • Mathieu
    Annette Closset
    • Sandrine
    Madeleine Baudot
    Madeleine Baudot
    • Educatrice enseignante
    Bazil Jall
    • Le jeune enseigné par Ahmed
    Eva Zingaro
    • Psychologue du centre
    • (as Eva Zingaro-Meyer)
    Philippe Toussaint
    • Policier 1
    • Directors
      • Jean-Pierre Dardenne
      • Luc Dardenne
    • Writers
      • Jean-Pierre Dardenne(screenplay)
      • Luc Dardenne(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This movie was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it eventually won the Best Director Award, marking the first time the award was officially shared by a directing duo winning for a single film (although Joel Coen has won the award three times for movies he co-directed with his brother Ethan Coen where Ethan had to go uncredited per DGA rules).
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    User reviews13

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    8/10
    Women as threat
    Summary

    In the current context of the resurgence of neo-fascism and with a World Cup about to be held in a misogynistic and homophobic Islamic theocracy, it is opportune to see the 2018 film in which the Dardenne brothers bravely tackled Muslim youth fundamentalism, establishing a successful cross between the psychology of the solitary leading character, the context in which he moves and certain precepts of Islam, without this being relativized or blurred.

    The women act as disturbers, opponents and challengers of Islam's religious and macho misogyny embodied in the impenetrable, resolute, fanatical and tenacious teenager Ahmed, a young out-of-place radical for whom violence ends up being as natural as it is inevitable.

    Review

    The film follows Ahmed, a Muslim teenager from a Belgian village, who does not hesitate to resort to violence based on his interpretation of the imam's teachings on him and the Koran.

    This time the Dardenne brothers face a thorny issue, and they do it frankly and without fear. I say without fear because they do not fear that by addressing the issue of Islamic fundamentalism they will be branded as Islamophobes.

    The film rightly establishes a cross between the psychology of the character, the context in which he moves and certain precepts of Islam, but without this being relativized or blurred by the former. They are three dimensions that enhance each other.

    There is an inevitable clash (and some irony) between the secularism of the Belgian public school and the objections of some Muslim parents who oppose for religious reasons the proposals of Ahmed's teacher of Arab origin.

    An important aspect that went unnoticed by the critics is the centrality in the history of women as threats, opponents and challengers of Islam's religious and sexist misogyny, as representatives of evil that must be avoided, combated and even eliminated. It is the female figures (the mother, the sister, his teacher Inés and another that I will not reveal) who assume the destabilizing role of an Ahmed who combines his fear of female contact with a religious precept that demonizes him, while the Imam Youssuf assumes the role of the absent father, guarantor of the rules, whose teachings the young man combines with those of a religious leader who follows the web.

    Another interesting aspect is that The Young Ahmed does not follow the process of religious radicalization of the adolescent, but rather the character is already approached with such a degree of fanaticism that it only remains for him to take him to the field of a violence that is as natural as it is inevitable for him. On the other hand, he is illustrative of how the system faces and seeks to redirect these situations, emphasizing respect and containment.

    The Dardenne resort to their usual dry tone, with handheld camera moments that reinforce a realism supported by the presence of actors unknown to the general public. Idir Ben Addi assumes the difficult and at times unpleasant role of an impenetrable, determined, fanatical and tenacious adolescent, with an opacity that sustains an unpredictability that adds elements of a thriller to the psychological and social drama, in a story that is even more disturbing to present to us. To an unincorporated fundamentalist who acts completely on his own.
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    • Release date
      • February 21, 2020 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belgium
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • French
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Cậu Bé Ahmed
    • Production companies
      • Les Films du Fleuve
      • Archipel 35
      • France 2 Cinéma
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $21,291
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,216
      • Feb 23, 2020
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,522,606
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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