Special Screenings · 46th Edition
Young Mothers
JEUNES MÈRES
Director
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenine
Country
Belgium, France
Runtime
1 h 44 min
Language
French
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma are housed in a shelter for young mothers. Five teenagers hoping for a better life for themselves and their babies.
Cast
Babette Verbeek, Elsa Houben, Janaina Halloy Fokan, Lucie Laruelle, Samia Hilmi, Samia Hilmi, Jef Jacobs, Gunter Duret
Screenplay
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenine
Producers
Delphine Tomson, Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd, Michiel Dhont et Lukas Dhont
About the Director
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne are Belgian filmmakers known for their humanist cinema. In 1975, they founded Dérives, producing over eighty documentaries, including their own. In 1994, they created Les Films du Fleuve, the production company behind their acclaimed feature films.
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