The Kid with a Bike

(2011)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 469 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2011

Runtime: 87 мин

Country: Belgium, France

Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Люк Дарденн

Cast: Сесиль де Франс, Thomas Doret, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Оливье Гурме, Egon Di Mateo, Baptiste Sornin, Samuel De Rijk, Myriem Akheddiou

Plot

Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.

At about 11, the stubborn and impulsive Cyril seems on his way to delinquency: he has no mother, his father wants a new life without him, so he's in a foster institution. He searches for his father, wanting him and his bike. Through the intersession of Samantha, a hairdresser Cyril happens upon, he gets his bike back, and she offers to take him into her home on weekends. He remains aloof from her and gets involved with a young crook. Is Cyril intent on driving Samantha away - and what then?