Monday Night Cinema

Young Mothers

(Jeunes mères)

Jessica (Babette Verbeek), Perla (Lucie Laruelle), Julie (Elsa Houben), Ariane (Janaïna Halloy Fokan) and Naïma (Samia Hilmi) are housed in a shelter for young mothers.

The intersecting lives of these five teenagers hoping for a better life for themselves and their babies forms the subject of this beautiful and poetic film from the Dardenne Brothers. 

The film is a true-to-life portrait of the struggles faced by these young women living on or near the margins of society.

With typical precision and grace, this richly moving new film builds on a body of humane work from the two great masters of social realist cinema. This is direct, emotional cinema with a compassionate approach to those portrayed, resulting in a film that is not only deeply affecting, but one that is sympathetic and nuanced.