The Child

2005 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 19,722 VOTES · DIR. Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne

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Overview

Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son. Bruno, 20, and Sonia, 18, live off the young girl's allowance and the petty thefts committed by him and his gang. Sonia has just given birth to Jimmy, their child. The carefree Bruno, who until then had only cared about the here and now, must now learn to become a father.

Dialogue Timeline — 357 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:32 Bruno? Bruno open up!
00:04:54 Bruno!
00:06:27 - Do you have any money? - No.
00:08:29 I'm happy.
00:10:25 Hold it.
00:14:12 - Is this your hat? - Yes.
00:16:13 Thank you.
00:20:47 Good morning. Little Jimmy lives here?
00:24:46 - We should come back tommorow. - It's gonna be the same.
00:28:47 Hello?
00:34:49 Yes?
00:38:39 Are you alright?
00:41:02 I'm leaving.
00:44:32 Your phone.
00:47:51 - The mother filed a lawsuit. - Against who? Did she wake up?
00:49:35 - It's very important. - He says it's very important.
00:51:36 - When was the baby here? - This noon, 1 to 4.
01:00:00 - I don't want to.
01:04:08 Alright?
01:08:04 Push them down the door. I'll return them.
01:15:30 I found them.
01:18:33 Let's go.
01:21:48 Damn it!
100:01:05 bracelet, 50 for the earrings.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed357
Dialogue density3.8 lines / min
First line00:01:32
Final line100:01:05

Production Record

DirectorLuc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
LanguageFrench
Revenue$5,507,396
IMDb votes19,722