l'enfant

The Dardenne brothers' film 'l'enfant' was made very simply. The plot is simple and has few complications, there is no sound track, and even the shots are simple and few.

I was impressed by the realism of this film. It's characters all seem to be real life people, and the story is almost too convincing. I'm not quite sure what do make of the film. I wonder what inspired the brothers to make it. Could it be a commentary on lower-class western life? I don't know ...

The end of the film took me a bit by surprise. To see the couple crying in the prison was a harsh image to fade off of.


7/10