L'Enfant on DVD August 15th

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is honored to announce the DVD release of L’ENFANT (THE CHILD), the latest film from the renowned writing and directing team of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. This Sony Pictures Classics film was the winner of the Palme D’Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and won five awards at the 2005 Joseph Plateau Awards, given for the highest achievement in Belgian filmmaking, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Déborah François) and Best Actor (Jérémie Renier).  L’ENFANT (THE CHILD) will be available on August 15, 2006 for an SRP of $24.96.

Bruno (Jérémie Renier) and Sonia (Déborah François) live in a small Belgian town, barely getting by on Sonia’s unemployment benefits and Bruno’s proceeds from panhandling and petty theft.  Their lives change forever, however, when Sonia gives birth to their baby. Unable to accept his parental responsibilities and desperate for money, Bruno sells the boy to a black market connection who promises to find the child an adoptive home.  Realizing the error in his actions, Bruno sets out to try and undo his callous deed, leading him to a powerful personal transformation. 

L’ENFANT (THE CHILD) was praised by critics. Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal called the film “astonishing in its clarity and shattering in its power.� Glenn Kenny of Premiere and Jamie Bernard of the New York Daily News each gave the film “Four Stars� and Peter Travers in Rolling Stone dubbed L’ENFANT (THE CHILD) “a devastating human drama.�

DVD Special Features

·   Interview with the directors

L’ENFANT, a Sony Pictures Classics film, written and directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne.  Starring Jérémie Renier, Déborah François and Jéremié Segard.