Young Mothers [2025] (opens in new tab)

Teenagers struggling to break free from the vicious cycle of marginalized existence, abandonment and abuse – a recurrent theme in the Dardenne brothers’ films – formed the underlying premise in their tender, poignant, compassionate and delicately weaved portrayal of teenage motherhood in Young Mothers. Marking a terrific return to form after a couple of strained efforts for the septuagenarian brothers – two years shy of completing 50 years of co-directing films – it emphatically underlined th...