“A fundamental film”: noted 3.8 out of 5, it's the film to be seen absolutely this week!

Presented in competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Jean-Pierre's new film and Luc Dardenne was parallel to our dark rooms on May 23. This social and choral drama, carried out mainly by young actresses including the first big role, was well received by the French press since its average is 3.8 out of 5.

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What is it talking about?

Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma are hosted in a maternal house that helps them in their life as a young mother. Five adolescent girls who hope to reach a better life for themselves and for their child.

What the press thinks:

According to the latest news from Alsace:

“Young mothers is a fundamental film. The quietest, perhaps, of the Dardenne. And yet, very telling.” By Nathalie Chifflet – 5/5

According to her:

“An extraordinary film because bubbling with humanity.” By Françoise Delbecq – 5/5

According to the Sunday Journal:

“Remarkably staged, this overwhelming choral story […] It is nonetheless imbued with sweetness. “By Barbara Theate – 4/5

According to Nice-Matin:

“The tact, intelligence and the ability to lead the Dardenne actors do the rest. No coincidence so if they come to touch in the heart again while inviting reflection, without ever being lessons.” By Cédric Coppola – 4/5

According to L'Obs:

“The challenge of” young mothers “is to find a way to fight against sick inheritance and to build in the flight; number of perilous but not impossible balancingist, which gives the whole its share of nervous tension, without ever depriving it of a possible happy horizon-rare are the films of the Dardenne like this where one is invited to shed a tear of happiness.” By Guillaume Loison – 4/5

According to Télé 7 Jours:

“The Dardenne brothers again film a major film with the documentary realism of a precious truth.” By Julien Barcilon – 4/5

According to Critikat.com:

“It is not the slope of the Dardenne brothers that we prefer, that of the small mechanics that embraces the characters to take the greatest emotional intensity.” By Josué Morel – 2/5

According to the cinema sheets:

“Between documentary and fiction, between optimism and pessimism, the permanent will to compromise Dardenne petrifies their film.” By Nicolas Marcadé – 2/5