“i wish that when i’d first had kids, cinema norms had offered all the complexity of life that this era’s have”

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“I wish that when I’d first had kids, cinema norms had offered all the compl

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Empire Magazine

15 January, 2026

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Young mothers face the world with fear and tenderness

THE BELGIAN FILMMAKING DUO Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have been making observant, low-key films for so long now that it’s easy to take them for granted. Their trademark is simple: they take an inter

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