Movie
Young Mothers
Overview
Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julia, Ariane, and Naïma, all of whom have grown up in difficult circumstances, struggle to obtain a better life for themselves and their children.
Details
- Release date
- 2025-05-23
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 33>35, The Reunion, France 2 Cinéma, BeTV, Orange, Proximus, RTBF, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB
- Country
- Belgium, France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Babette Verbeek as Jessica
- Elsa Houben as Julie
- Janaïna Halloy Fokan as Ariane
- Lucie Laruelle as Perla
- Samia Hilmi as Naïma
- Jef Jacobs as Dylan
- Günter Duret as Robin
- Christelle Cornil as Nathalie, Ariane's mother
- India Hair as Morgane, Jessica's mother
- Joely Mbundu as Angèle, Perla's mother
- Claire Bodson as Isabelle, the psychologist
- Eva Zingaro as Asun, the nurse
Crew
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne - Director
- Luc Dardenne - Director
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne - Writer
- Luc Dardenne - Writer
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