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| A boy who longs to be reunited with his family refuses to accept the reality of his circumstances in this drama from the sibling writing directing team of Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne Cyril Thomas Doret is an 11-year-old boy who loves his father and believes in him The trouble is Cyril s dad Guy Jeremie Renier is a bum who doesn t care about his son doesn t want to spend his money caring for him and has left the boy at an orphanage rather than keep him While these facts are clear to everyone else Cyril refuses to believe them and his determination to be reunited with Guy coupled with his discipline problems makes him a chore to look after Samantha Cecile De France who works in a beauty shop offers to take Cyril on weekends so he can have some kind of a home life but her determined compassion makes only so much of an impact on the youngster who is still convinced he can find his father As Samantha struggles to bond with Cyril the boy finds an unfortunate father figure in Wes Egon Di Mateo a small-time crook who drafts Cyril into his latest criminal scheme Jeremie Renier who plays Guy in LE GAMIN AU VELO aka THE KID WITH A BIKE made his screen debut in an earlier film by the Dardenne Brothers 1996 s LA PROMESSE in which he fittingly played a troubled youth |
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