The kid with a bike [videorecording] / directors, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne.
Publisher: [United States] : Image Entertainment, [2013]
ISBN: 9781604656909
Description: 2 videodiscs (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Abandoned children Drama.
Fathers and sons Drama.
Group homes Drama.
Feature films. lcgft
Fiction films. lcgft
Performers: CeĢcile De France, Thomas Doret, Jeremie Renier.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, violence, brief language, smoking.
Notes: French dialogue; English subtitles.
Title from web page.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Release date: Feb. 12, 2013.
Special features: conversation between Kent Jones and the directors ; interviews with the actors ; documentary "Return to Seraing" ; trailer ; booklet featuring an essay by Geoff Andrew.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Cyril, all coiled anger and furious motion, is living in a group home but refuses to believe he has been rejected by his single father. He spends his days frantically trying to reach the man, over the phone or on his beloved bicycle. It is only the patience and compassion of Samantha, the stranger who agrees to care for him, that offers the boy the chance to move on.