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Young Mothers

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Five young mothers living in a shelter strive for a better future for themselves and kids amidst challenging upbringings.

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Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Director

Luc Dardenne

Director

Elsa Houben

Julie

Babette Verbeek

Jessica

Janaina Halloy

Ariane

Lucie Laruelle

Perla

Critics Reviews

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Danny Leigh Financial Times The great advantage of filmmakers as clear-eyed as the Dardennes is knowing they aren’t soft-soaping you when hope does appear. A further blessing is a film this quietly profound, about doing the right thing, or trying at least.  Rated: 5/5 Aug 28, 2025 Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times The strain of absent fathers, generational addiction and the cycle of poverty are carefully countered by resilience, love and the flicker of youthful possibility. Rated: 4/5 Aug 27, 2025 Full Review David Hughes Time Out Brings nothing new to the Dardennes’ canon, but there’s comfort in the familiarity of their methodology. They’ve always had a knack for coaxing tremendous performances from even the youngest of actors, and the cast here is uniformly excellent. Rated: 4/5 Aug 21, 2025 Full Review Frank J. Avella The Contending Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne have crafted an intense, gritty and authentic film that’s worthy of Ken Loach...this isn’t a doom and gloom sit, as the Dardennes choose themes of resilience and hope over desperation and destitution. Rated: B+ Nov 22, 2025 Full Review Filipe Freitas Always Good Movies It’s a vital, humanistic work that captures the wounds of the past, contradictions of the present, and fears of the future. Not the grandest film of the year, perhaps—but quite possibly the most essential. Rated: 4/5 Nov 13, 2025 Full Review Elsa Fernández-Santos El Pais (Spain) The Dardenne brothers are not interested in exploiting the morbid fascination with suffering, but rather in demonstrating with their characteristic rigor why education and social work...are so valuable. [Full review in Spanish] Nov 3, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Five young mothers living in a shelter strive for a better future for themselves and kids amidst challenging upbringings.
Director
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Screenwriter
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Distributor
Music Box Films
Production Co
Les Films du Fleuve, The Reunion, Archipel 35
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 9, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 45m