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Young Mothers (2026)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Luc Dardenne
Starring: Babette Verbeek | Elsa Houben | Janaina Halloy | Lucie Laruelle | Samia Hilmi

Young Mothers
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Tori and Lokita (2023)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Luc Dardenne
Starring: Alban Ukaj | Charlotte De Bruyne | Joely Mbundu | Pablo Schils | Tijmen Govaerts

Tori and Lokita

Chris says: “Reassuring (if depressing) that cine-activists like the Dardenne Brothers will never run out of subjects fueling their outrage at an unjust society; this is one of their starkest and most effective critiques. 4.5 cats“

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The Kid with a Bike (2012)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Luc Dardenne
Starring: Cécile de France | Egon Di Mateo | Fabrizio Rongione | Jérémie Renier | Thomas Doret

The Kid with a Bike

Bruce says: “The Dardennes are back with another tale of disillusioned youth.  This time the subject child is Cyril (Thomas Doret) a child who has been dumped in an orphanage after his father Guy (Jérémie Renier) abandons him.  Cyril’s first

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Lorna’s Silence (2008)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Luc Dardenne
Starring: ArtaDobroshi | Fabrizio Rongione | Jérémie Renier

Lorna’s Silence

Beth says: “Directed by the Dardennes brothers, we follow Lorna, a naturalized Albanian using her Belgian status in a scheme that marries her to others immigrating from Eastern Europe. Imagine if 4 MONTHS 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS had followed the

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The Child (2006)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Luc Dardenne
Starring: Déborah François | Jérémie Segard

The Child

Chris says: “Despite the leisurely pace and authentic stabs at social realism, don’t say nothing ever happens in a film by Luc  and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. Like their previous feature THE SON, this one gradually bottles up a lot of tension

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