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The Child
2005
· Movie
· 96 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1881
- IMDb #1364
- Rotten Tomatoes #1807
- Metacritic #365
- Letterboxd #879
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1664
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2411
- Metacritic Critics #288
- Metacritic Audience #828
- Kinopoisk #2739
- AlloCiné #5329
- Trakt #2249
Every rating
38–87
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 38, highest is Metacritic critics on 87. Critics average 86, everyone else 69.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A poor young Belgian mother wants her petty thief of a boyfriend to be gainfully employed to raise their newborn child, but he has other ideas.
Details
- Directors
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- Writers
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- Studio
- Les Films du Fleuve, SCOPE Invest, RTBF, Archipel 33>35
- Released
- 14 September 2005
- Country
- Belgium, France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $5.5M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (52) →
Awards & nominations
See all 18 →1 major award won · 10 wins from 18 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2005 | Palme d'Or | Dardenne brothers | Winner |
| César Awards 2006 | Most Promising Actress | Deborah Francois | Nominee |
| César Awards 2006 | Best Film | Dardenne brothers | Nominee |
| César Awards 2006 | Best Director | Dardenne brothers | Nominee |
| César Awards 2006 | Best Original Screenplay | Dardenne brothers | Nominee |
| Gopo Awards 2007 | Best European Film | Dardenne brothers | Nominee |
| David di Donatello Awards 2006 | Best European Film | Dardenne brothers | Nominee |
| European Film Awards 2006 | Best Film | Dardenne brothers, Denis Freyd | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Palme d'Or | Dardenne brothers | Winner |
César Awards
4 nominations
| Best Director | Dardenne brothers | Nominee |
| Best Film | Dardenne brothers | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Dardenne brothers | Nominee |
| Most Promising Actress | Deborah Francois | Nominee |
Joseph Plateau Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Jérémie Renier | Winner |
| Best Actress | Déborah François | Winner |
| Best Director | Dardenne brothers | Winner |
| Best Film | Dardenne brothers | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Dardenne brothers | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Dardenne brothers | Winner |
Belgian Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| André Cavens Award | Dardenne brothers | Winner |
Guldbagge Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Dardenne brothers | Winner |
Lumière Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best French-Language Film | Dardenne brothers | Winner |
European Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Jérémie Renier | Nominee |
| Best Film | Dardenne brothers, Denis Freyd | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Dardenne brothers | Nominee |
Gopo Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Dardenne brothers | Nominee |