The Kid with the Bike – Le Gamin au Vélo

by Pier Marton | Apr 14, 2012 | Art, Care, Death, Doc, Film, France, Health, Poet, Review, STL, Women | 1 comment

En résumé:
Le Gamin au Vélo. De nouveaux magnifiques débats à corps perdus par les frères Dardenne… peut-être qu’on s’y retrouvera malgré tout? Grand Prix Cannes 2011. –> 20/20
My review:
The Kid with the Bike. The Dardenne brothers’ many accomplishments continue! Again the struggle to be, to exist… again as it sometimes happens, the tremors of life moving us forward against all odds. And the children and the adults, two parallel universes yet so intermingled…
But above all, the brilliant trademark signature of those vulnerable bodies working out their inner reality – as if heads were of no use. Great performances by the classic Dardenne actors, Cécile de France and Jérémie Renier, and by the brilliant young newcomer, Thomas Doret. Cannes 2011 Grand Prix –> A+

The film’s website.

1 Comment

Anne-Sophie on April 16, 2012 at 12:02 pm

J’ai adoré ce film.

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus