Young Ahmed (Blu-ray)

Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne

Release Year: 2019

Running Time: 84

UPC: 7 38329 24765 2

Optional English Subtitles: Yes

Color Type: Color

Country: Belgium

Language: French and Arabic with English subtitles

Genres: Drama

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Cast

Idir Ben Addi
Olivier Bonnaud
Myriem Akheddiou
Victoria Bluck
Claire Bodson
Othmane Moumen

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Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne

The Dardenne Brothers won this year's Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival for this brave new work, another intimate portrayal-in-furious-motion of a protagonist in crisis. The filmmakers' radical empathy alights on a Muslim teenager (extraordinary first-time actor Idir Ben Addi) in a small Belgian town who has been radicalized by his Imam despite the desperate protestations of his single mother (Claire Bodson), and who winds up hatching a murderous plot targeting his beloved teacher (Myriem Akheddiou). Taking a serious view of a difficult issue--the effect of fanaticism on the body and soul--the Dardennes here remind viewers why they continue to be at the center of 21st-century cinema. - New York Film Festival

Blu-ray Extras Include:

Interview with directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Theatrical trailer

“Belgium’s Dardenne brothers turn out another precisely understated masterpiece… ultimately as humanistic and illuminating as any of their films.”

– Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com

“The Dardenne brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc are known for their emotional slice-of-Belgian-life dramas, but none of their work can prepare you for gut-punch that is Young Ahmed.”

– Emily Kubincanek, Film School Rejects

"A compact, gripping return to the directors’ nonprofessional roots… In the lead role, Ben Addi is yet another mesmerizing young discovery by the Belgian duo."

– Bradley Warren, The Playlist

"Build[s] narrative tension with a masterful and precise hand."

– Aurore Engelen, Cineuropa

"A wise and sensitive contribution to a timely debate."

– Dave Calhoun, Time Out

"Creat[es] a kind of gut-wrenching suspense that carries through the second half of the picture, right up till its very last scene.”

– Peter Dubruge, Variety

"Top-notch work from the Dardennes, filled with their usual bired’s-eye-view camerawork, solid acting from nonprofessionals and a searing screenplay which builds up the tension with every scene."

– Jordan Ruimy, World of Reel

Best Director – Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection – New York Film Festival

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Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, photo by Christine Plenus, courtesy Kino Lorber

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