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Young Ahmed is evidently, perhaps expressly, a minor work from the brothers. It plays like a little puzzle amid a filmography replete with ambiguous characters who find themselves torn by their decisions; the premise here, and its resolution, are altogether more flimsy.
Aug 6, 2020 · The film won the Dardennes Cannes’ ‘Best Director’ gong last year and, despite its familiar tone, feels like something of a departure for the duo who have bravely chosen to broach a rather ...
- Linda Marric
Aug 7, 2020 · The answer is (unsurprisingly) complicated. The pair are clear-sighted and righteous in their approach. Their aim is to look beyond the headlines, reject the damaging narratives that frame...
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- Clarisse Loughrey
Sep 16, 2019 · With Young Ahmed, writer-director Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne apply their pared-down aesthetic to especially provocative subject matter: the radicalization of a teenager living in a small Belgium village.
Ahmed soon becomes fixated on his math teacher, Ines (Myriem Akheddiou), whom Ahmed deems to be "unpure" because she is dating a Jew and has other liberal-leaning tendencies. No matter that Ines helped Ahmed overcome his dyslexia with patience and empathy; Ahmed is determined to kill her for her sins.
Feb 25, 2020 · In “Young Ahmed,” the Dardennes deliver the story of a young Arabic boy who gets indoctrinated by a local Imam’s teachings and tries to commit a heinous act. It’s a film filled with tense moments that very much feels organic and attuned to the rest of their filmography.
May 20, 2019 · Instantly recognizable as a Dardenne film, “Young Ahmed” has that same deceptively “rough” quality as the directors’ earlier work, a carryover from their documentary background.
