L'Enfant (film)

L'Enfant
Theatrical poster
Directed byDardenne brothers
Written byDardenne brothers
Produced byDardenne brothers
Denis Freyd
StarringJérémie Renier
Déborah François
CinematographyAlain Marcoen
Edited byMarie-Hélène Dozo
Production
company
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • 17 May 2005 (2005-05-17) (Cannes)
  • 14 September 2005 (2005-09-14) (Belgium)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryBelgium
LanguageFrench
Budget€3.6 million[1]
Box office$5.5 million[2]

L'Enfant (English: The Child) is a 2005 Belgian film directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, starring Jérémie Renier and Déborah François. The film was released under its French title in the US, and as The Child in the UK.

It received critical acclaim and won the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, among other accolades. In 2017, the film was named the fourteenth "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" by The New York Times.[3]

  1. ^ "L'ENFANT". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ "The Child". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. ^ Dargis, Manohla; Scott, A. O. "The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century...So Far". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 August 2021.