Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne
15.03.2025
Capitole, Lausanne

Meet Luc Dardenne before the screening of L'Enfant, moderated by Frédéric Maire, Director of the Cinémathèque suisse and Paolo Moretti, Head of ECAL Cinema Department.

In a small industrial town in crisis, somewhere in Belgium, Bruno and Sonia, both under 40, love each other and survive from day to day, on her welfare and his petty theft. But Sonia is about to give birth, and is worried about the baby on the way. When she shows him little Jimmy on his way out of the maternity ward, Bruno barely gives her a glance. Shortly afterwards, a woman with whom he does business suggests a convenient way to earn the money he's always after: childless couples would be willing to give a lot for a baby like his....