Young Mothers (Jeunes meres)

Running time: 104 mins

Synopsis

Winner of the Best Screenplay prize at Cannes, the Dardenne brothers' social-realist drama follows five adolescent mothers living at a maternal support home in Belgium.

In Liege, at a state-run shelter for teenmothers or mothers-to-be, Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naima are five teenagers hoping fora better life for themselves and their babies. These teen mums are taught how to take care of their babies or prepare them for adoption, amid drug addiction, mental illness and family conflict in this poignant, compassionate work of unforced social realism. The Dardenne brothers have again established their gold standard for socially conscious cinema, and the stories told here are simultaneously heart-wrenching, moving, and hopeful.

In French, with subtitles.