Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne impart the story of seventeen-year-old Lokita and twelve-year-old Tori, two immigrants to Belgium – from Cameroon and Benin, respectively – whose sibling-like bond is the only resource they can depend on in their struggle for survival on the margins of European society. The pair work as performers in a cheap trattoria, dealing drugs on the side, while balancing the demands of an indifferent bureaucracy. When Lokita is held captive in a marijuana grow house, events spiral out of control.
We see Belgium through the eyes of Tori and Lokita, shrewd youths who experience the teething pains of new immigrant life through a fierce commitment to found familial love. The pains soon intensify as they face the realities of surviving abroad.
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Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
Pablo Schils, Joely Mbundu, Alban Ukaj, Tijmen Govaerts, Charlotte De Bruyne, Nadege Ouedraogo, Marc Zinga
Belgium/France
2022
In French with English subtitles
Sexual abuse, violence, racism
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Credits
Screenwriter
Jean-Pierre, Luc Dardenne
Cinematography
Benoit Dervaux
Editor
Marie-Hélène Dozo
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