Cinematography:
Alain MarcoenPlots(1)
This downbeat drama by acclaimed Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne bears a thematic and formal resemblance to their previous works, La Promesse and the Palme D'Or winner Rosetta. Dardenne brothers' regular Olivier Gourmet is in every frame as the stern Olivier, a carpenter who teaches the craft to teenagers seeking a vocation. Olivier's drab routine is interrupted by the enrollment of a new student, Francis (Morgan Marinne), who becomes the object of the carpenter's inexplicable obsession. Speaking with his ex-wife, Magali (Isabella Soupart), about his new charge, Olivier reveals the reason for his fixation: Francis was the young street tough who murdered their child years ago. Now out of juvenile prison, Francis seeks to start anew, and eventually even asks the flummoxed Olivier to become his guardian. Olivier withholds his knowledge from the oblivious Francis, even as a tentative relationship between the two develops. The tense scenario leads to a climactic confrontation at a lumberyard, as the past finally catches up with teacher and student. (official distributor synopsis)
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![Olivier Gourmet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/627/162627061_43c71a.jpg)
Olivier Gourmet
Belgium
Best movies:
Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
The Promise (1996)
Rosetta (1999)
Morgan Marinne
Best movies:
The Son (2002)
Lorna's Silence (2008)
Two Days, One Night (2014)
Pierre Nisse
Best movies:
The Son (2002)
Grand Central (2013)
Mea culpa (2014)