Category: Julée Al-Bayaty de Ridder
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Time and morality: how the passing of time in L’Enfant evokes a sense of moral acknowledgement
In Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s 2005 film L’Enfant, protagonist Bruno’s (20) girlfriend Sonia (18) has just given birth to their child, Jimmy [1. Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, dir., L’Enfant (Sony Pictures Classics, 2005), DVD.] Both unemployed, they are barely surviving off her welfare cheques and his crimes, until Bruno decides to sell their baby…