The filmmakers' radical empathy alights on a Muslim teenager, Ahmed (Idir Ben Addi), living in a small Belgian town who is being gradually radicalized into extremism despite the desperate protestations of his single mother, and who winds up hatching a murderous plot targeting his beloved teacher. Taking a serious view of a difficult issue the effect of fanaticism on the body and soul.
Cast: | Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Victoria Bluck |
Director: | Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne |
Studio: | Maison 4:3 |
Producer(s): | Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Denis Freyd |
Writer(s): | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne |