Young Ahmed (Blu-ray)

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Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne won the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival for this brave new work, another intimate portrayal, in furious motion, of a protagonist in crisis. The filmmakers radical empathy alights on a Muslim teenager (extraordinary first-time actor Idir Ben Addi) in a small Belgian town who has been radicalized by his Imam despite the desperate protestations of his single mother (Claire Bodson), and who winds up hatching a murderous plot targeting his beloved teacher (Myriem Akheddiou). Taking a serious view of a difficult issuethe effect of fanaticism on the body and soulthe Dardennes here remind viewers why they continue to be at the center of 21st-century cinema. New York Film Festival

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Format Blu-ray
Release Date Jun 16, 2020
Genre Drama, Religion
Actors Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Victoria Bluck, Claire Bodson, Othmane Moumen
Director Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Runtime 84
Language French
Sub Titles Yes
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