Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
The Kid with a Bike
Eleven-year-old Cyril (Thomas Doret), all coiled anger and furious motion, is living in a group home but refuses to believe he has been rejected by his single father (Jérémie Renier). He spends his days frantically trying to reach the man, over the phone or on his beloved bicycle. It is only the patience and compassion of Samantha (Cécile de France), the stranger who agrees to care for him, that offers the boy the chance to move on. Spare and unsentimental but deeply imbued with a heart-rending tenderness, The Kid with a Bike is an arresting work from the great Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, masters of the empathetic action film.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New 2K digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Alain Marcoen, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New conversation between film critic Kent Jones and directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Interview with actor Cécile de France
- New interview with actor Thomas Doret
- Return to Seraing, a half-hour documentary in which the Dardennes revisit five locations from the film
- Trailer
- PLUS: A new essay by critic Geoff Andrew
New cover by F. Ron Miller
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New 2K digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Alain Marcoen, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New conversation between film critic Kent Jones and directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Interview with actor Cécile de France
- New interview with actor Thomas Doret
- Return to Seraing, a half-hour documentary in which the Dardennes revisit five locations from the film
- Trailer
- PLUS: A new essay by critic Geoff Andrew
New cover by F. Ron Miller
Cast
- Cécile de France
- Samantha
- Thomas Doret
- Cyril
- Jérémie Renier
- Guy
- Fabrizio Rongione
- Newsstand owner
- Egon Di Mateo
- Wes
- Olivier Gourmet
- Bar owner
Credits
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Director
- Luc Dardenne
- Produced by
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Produced by
- Luc Dardenne
- Produced by
- Denis Freyd
- Coproducer
- Andrea Occhipinti
- Associate producers
- Arlette Zylberberg
- Associate producers
- Bernadette Meunier
- Associate producers
- André Michotte
- Associate producers
- Stefano Massenzi
- Screenplay
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Screenplay
- Luc Dardenne
- Director of photography
- Alain Marcoen
- Camera operator
- Benoît Dervaux
- Editor
- Marie-Hélène Dozo
- Sound engineer
- Jean-Pierre Duret
- Sound mixing
- Thomas Gauder
- Production design
- Igor Gabriel
- Costume design
- Maïra Ramedhan-Levi
- First assistant director
- Caroline Tambour
- Line producer
- Delphine Tomson
- Production manager
- Thomas Alfandari
