Unemployed twenty-year old Bruno (Jérémie Renier) lives with his eighteen-year-old girlfriend Sonia (Déborah François) in the east Belgian steel town of Seraing. They get by on Sonia's unemployment benefits and Bruno's small time thieving with his little gang of kids. After Sonia has given birth to their child, Jimmy, she returns home to find that Bruno has sublet their apartment to strangers. Desperate for money and unable to face his parental responsibilities, Bruno sells Jimmy to a black market connection, who promises to find the child an adoptive home. Sonia goes into shock at the news and Bruno sets out to try and undo his callous deed, getting further into trouble while Sonia continues to reject him. But when his young accomplice Steve (Jérémie Segard) gets caught, Bruno's conscience kicks in.
Director:
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Year:
2005
Country:
Bel
Cast:
Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard
Classification:
M
Certification:
V