Sep 14, 2005
96 min
Full-HD

The Child (2005)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

Belgium France

Companies

Les Films du Fleuve SCOPE Invest RTBF Archipel 33>35 ARTE France Cinéma

Jérémie Renier

Bruno

Déborah François

Sonia

Olivier Gourmet

Policier

Jérémie Segard

Steve

Stéphane Bissot

La receleuse

François Olivier

Remy

Mireille Bailly

Mère de Bruno

Fabrizio Rongione

Jeune Bandit

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