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The Child
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The Child

Oct 19, 2005
1h 36m
★ 7.1

Overview

A poor young Belgian mother wants her petty thief of a boyfriend to be gainfully employed to raise their newborn child, but he has other ideas.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Les Films du Fleuve
SCOPE Invest
RTBF
Archipel 33>35
ARTE France Cinéma

The Child Trailers

Cast

Jérémie Renier

Bruno

Jérémie Renier

Déborah François

Sonia

Déborah François

Olivier Gourmet

Policier

Olivier Gourmet

Jérémie Segard

Steve

Jérémie Segard

Stéphane Bissot

La receleuse

Stéphane Bissot

François Olivier

Remy

François Olivier

Mireille Bailly

Mère de Bruno

Mireille Bailly

Fabrizio Rongione

Jeune Bandit

Fabrizio Rongione

Anne Gerard

Commerçante

Anne Gerard

Bernard Marbaix

Commerçante

Bernard Marbaix

Jean-Claude Boniverd

Le Policier en civil

Jean-Claude Boniverd

Frédéric Bodson

Bandit plus âgé

Frédéric Bodson

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