La Promesse (dir. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, 1996).
"A teenager gradually comes to understand the implications of his father’s making a living through the exploitation of undocumented workers."
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Our Children (dir. Joachim Lafosse, 2012)
"In this tense French drama, a doctor brings a boy to Belgium and raises him as his own. When the boy reaches adulthood, he gets married and starts his own family, though he still relies on the doctor. When trouble strikes his family, this dependence turns into domination."
Winner of Best Actress (Émilie Dequenne) and nominated for the Un Certain Regard Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the César Awards.
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Two Days, One Night (dir. Luc and Jean Pierre Dardenne, 2014)
"Marion Cotillard gives a powerful performance as a mother fighting to save her job in this gripping emotional rollercoaster from the acclaimed Dardenne brothers."
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The Brand New Testament / Le tout nouveau Testament (dir. Jaco Van Dormeal, 2015)
"God exists, and He’s a jerk. He lives in a high-rise apartment in Brussels and never gets out of His pajamas. He takes sadistic delight in dreaming up new “laws” to torment humanity, and He’s a petty tyrant to his wife and ten year-old daughter, Ea."
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Ghost Tropic (dir. Bas Devos, 2019)
"Khadija is a fifty-eight-year-old Maghrebi cleaning woman living in Brussels in the wake of the 2016 bombings that shook the city. After work one night, she falls asleep on the last subway train, wakes up at the end of the line and has no choice but to make her way home—all the way across the city—on foot. Along the way, she has a series of encounters: with a security guard, a convenience store clerk, a group of teenagers. She asks for help and she gives it and slowly, steadily makes her way."
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