Event

The Kid with a Bike

Vic Skolnick SUNDAY SCHMOOZE Brunch, Film, and Discussion
Bagel Brunch at 10am Film at 11am Followed by Discussion with Fred Craden

Join Sunday Schmooze host Fred Craden for a screening and discussion of this moving new work from brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium's most celebrated contemporary filmmakers

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the latest film by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (The Child) centers on Cyril, a restless 11-year-old boy (terrific newcomer Thomas Doret) placed in a children's home after being abandoned by his father. Unwilling to face the fact that parents are imperfect people, Cyril runs away to his former apartment block in search of both dad and his abandoned bicycle. Instead, he meets Samantha (the excellent Cécile de France), a kind hairdresser who helps to retrieve his bike and eventually agrees to become his weekend guardian. But literally and figuratively, Cyril isn't out of the woods just yet. Shooting once more in the Belgian seaport town of Seraing, the Dardennes have created another poetic, universally resonant drama about parents, children and moral responsibility. (2011, Belgium, France, Italy, 87 min., color, 35mm, French with English subtitles Directors/Writers: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Cast: Cécile de France, Thomas Doret, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Egon Di Mateo, & Olivier Gourmet)