French film “L’enfant” (The Child) will be screened at the Alliance Francaise de Kotte at 6.30 pm on Friday October 15.
Bruno and Sonia are boy friend and girl friend, playful, immature. She’s still in her teens; they chase each other, share cigarettes, spray sodas and wrestle. The thing is, they also have a new baby. Just out of hospital, Sonia seeks out Bruno to bring him his son. Bruno’s indifferent. In the grimy Belgian city of Seraing, he’s a petty thief with no interest in work, no plan, spending money as fast as he can fence cameras and jewelry.
He sells the baby. Sonia’s reaction and Bruno’s surprise at her response inform his subsequent actions. The camera follows and observes him: has he a nascent conscience or any chance at redemption? Can he help himself? |
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