Young Ahmed

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Young Ahmed
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French Le Jeune Ahmed
Directed by Luc Dardenne
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Written byJean-Pierre
Luc Dardenne
Produced byJean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne
Denis Freyd
StarringIdir Ben Addi
CinematographyBenoît Dervaux
Edited by Marie-Hélène Dozo
Tristan Meunier
Production
companies
Les Films du Fleuve
Archipel 35
Distributed byCinéart (Belgium)
Diaphana Films (France)
Release dates
  • 20 May 2019 (2019-05-20)(Cannes) [1]
  • 22 May 2019 (2019-05-22)(Belgium & France)
Running time
84 minutes
CountriesBelgium
France
LanguageFrench
Box office$1.5 million [2] [3]

Young Ahmed (French : Le Jeune Ahmed) is a 2019 Belgian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The film revolves around a young Muslim boy from Belgium who plots to murder his teacher in the name of his religion. [4] It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. [5] At Cannes the Dardenne brothers won the award for Best Director. [6]

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Plot

Ahmed, a 13-year-old, plots to kill his teacher, whom he believes to be an apostate after being radicalised by a local imam. Ahmed is arrested and sent to juvenile detention, where he claims to be a reformed character.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 59% based on 82 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Young Ahmed doesn't represent the Dardennes brothers' most developed work, but solid acting and a socially conscious story help compensate for its flaws." [7] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [8]

Accolades

Award / Film FestivalCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Cannes Film Festival [9] Palme d'Or Nominated
Best Director Jean-Pierre and Luc DardenneWon
César Award [10] Best Foreign Film Nominated
Lumière Awards [11] Best International Co-Production Nominated
Magritte Award [12] Best Film Nominated
Best Director Jean-Pierre and Luc DardenneNominated
Best Screenplay Jean-Pierre and Luc DardenneNominated
Best Supporting Actor Othmane MoumenNominated
Best Supporting Actress Myriem AkheddiouWon
Claire BodsonNominated
Most Promising Actor Idir Ben AddiWon
Most Promising Actress Victoria BluckNominated
Best Editing Marie-Hélène DozoNominated
Valladolid International Film Festival [13] Best FilmNominated
Best ScreenplayJean-Pierre and Luc DardenneWon
Best EditingMarie-Hélène Dozo and Tristan MeunierWon

References

  1. ↑ "The Screenings Guide 2019". 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Young Ahmed (2020)". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Young Ahmed (2020)". The Numbers . Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "'Young Ahmed' Trailer: The Dardennes Craft A Controversial Film About A Radicalized Muslim Teen That's Heading To Cannes". theplaylist.net. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Cannes festival 2019: full list of films". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Bong Joon-ho's Parasite wins Palme d'Or at Cannes film festival". The Guardian. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Young Ahmed (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Young Ahmed Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Bong Joon-ho's Parasite Wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes". Variety. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  10. ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (29 January 2020). "Roman Polanski's 'An Officer And A Spy' tops César nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  11. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (3 December 2019). "Les Misérables domine les nominations pour les Lumières" (in French). Cineuropa. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  12. ↑ Dricot, Lucy (1 February 2020). "Découvrez le palmarès complet de la 10e cérémonie des Magritte du cinéma" (in French). RTBF. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  13. ↑ Rivera, Alfonso (29 October 2019). "This Year's Seminci Golden Spike Is Bound for Mongolia". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
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