Young Ahmed
Le jeune Ahmed · dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Belgium, France 2019, 84’ · pre-release screening
24 October, 20:30 · Cinema City — room 8
The title protagonist is a smart 13-year-old boy from Belgium. While his peers spend their time on being happy-go-lucky, Ahmed invests his free time in studying the Quran, devout prayers, and conversations with a local imam. The man fans the flames of Jihad in the boy. After taking part in a dangerous incident, Ahmed ends up in a juvenile care and rehabilitation centre in the suburbs. Will a re-education programme and becoming friends with the daughter of the owners of the facility be enough to break through the wall of fundamentalism, intolerance, and aggression the boy has managed to build?
| Director: | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne |
| Screenplay: | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne |
| Cinematography: | Benoit Dervaux |
| Editing: | Marie-Hélène Dozo, Tristan Meunier |
| Cast: | Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Victoria Bluck |
| Producers: | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd |
| Production: | Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 35 |
| Distribution: | Aurora Films |
| Awards: | FF w Cannes / Cannes FF – Złota Palma: Najlepszy Reżyser / Palme d’Or: Best Director (2019) |
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