What a jerk! This is what I felt about Bruno, a small-time crook, when the movie started. Then slowly the story develops in such a way that he goes deeper and deeper into trouble. About halfway through the movie he doesn't, for a fraction of second, seem to regret about the things he commits.
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne's L'Infant silently speaks the vagaries of two lovers who belong to the marginalized section of the society that Hollywood does not speak of or for that Bollywood is so trying to forget.
I never did see the helplessness of a victim or an underdog in him but his character grew and you would thoughtlessly empathise with Bruno. By the end, I rooted for him and somehow wished everything was undone.
First thing he did was pretend to take his newborn for a walk in his pram and make up a plan to sell it off to some crooks. That plan went awry. Then Sonia (his girlfriend and the mother) gave him up to police. Then another plan with a juvenile friend to snatch bag from an old woman ended up with his friend being caught.
Watching the movie was dizzily overwhelming and yet judging the characters in the story was like a foreign thing to me.
Sonia played by Deborah Francois could look like Jennifer Lawrence if the latter acts better like the former. Jeremie Renier gets under the skin of Bruno. I cursed myself for not being able to watch it earlier.
The reluctance of the directors to use sound and music in the movie actually pays off. There are many gems in the movie. Though the film moves at a slow pace, you can't somehow predict the next scene. You feel hopeless not being able to but you'll love it if you love unpredictable plots. Anyway, I've given away many spoilers. Maybe, you can! Rather a brilliant catch for me.
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne's L'Infant silently speaks the vagaries of two lovers who belong to the marginalized section of the society that Hollywood does not speak of or for that Bollywood is so trying to forget.
I never did see the helplessness of a victim or an underdog in him but his character grew and you would thoughtlessly empathise with Bruno. By the end, I rooted for him and somehow wished everything was undone.
First thing he did was pretend to take his newborn for a walk in his pram and make up a plan to sell it off to some crooks. That plan went awry. Then Sonia (his girlfriend and the mother) gave him up to police. Then another plan with a juvenile friend to snatch bag from an old woman ended up with his friend being caught.
Watching the movie was dizzily overwhelming and yet judging the characters in the story was like a foreign thing to me.
Sonia played by Deborah Francois could look like Jennifer Lawrence if the latter acts better like the former. Jeremie Renier gets under the skin of Bruno. I cursed myself for not being able to watch it earlier.
The reluctance of the directors to use sound and music in the movie actually pays off. There are many gems in the movie. Though the film moves at a slow pace, you can't somehow predict the next scene. You feel hopeless not being able to but you'll love it if you love unpredictable plots. Anyway, I've given away many spoilers. Maybe, you can! Rather a brilliant catch for me.