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Young Mothers
Linenhall Film Club
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
8pm
Tickets:
Full €7
Concession €5
Linenhall Film Club Season Ticket - €36
Contact Box Office for bookings: 094 9023733
(9 Films Spring Programme 2026)
Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma are housed in a shelter for young mothers. The intersecting lives of these five teenagers hoping for a better life for themselves and their babies forms the subject of this beautiful and poetic film from the Dardennes. The film is a true-to-life portrait of the struggles faced by these young women living on or near the margins of society. With typical precision and grace, this richly moving new film builds on a body of humane work from the two great masters of social realist cinema. This is direct, emotional cinema with a compassionate approach to those portrayed, resulting in a film that is not only deeply affecting, but one that is sympathetic and nuanced.
Festivals
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025
Cannes Film Festival Film 2025
Awards
Winner – Best Screenplay, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne - Cannes FilmFestival 2025
France, Belgium 2025
106 minutes
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Starring: Babette Verbeek, Elsa Houben, Janaina Halloy Fokan, Lucie Laruelle, Samia Hilmi
French language with Englishsubtitles
★★★★★ There is such simplicity and clarity here, an honest apportioning of dignity and intelligence to everyone on screen: every scene and every character portrait is unforced and unembellished.
This is a hopeful movie, not a depressing one. Even so, it tugs at you, long after the last frame.
Thanks to the strong work from the young cast, the film has a cumulative power and a heartening message of resilience and optimism
