Tori and Lokita

Directed by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (France and Belgium, 2022, 88 min.). French with English subtitles.

From two-time Palme d’Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Two Days, One Night; L’Enfant) comes the story of two immigrants struggling to survive on the margins of society. A young boy (Tori) and a teenage girl (Lokita) have left their home countries of Cameroon and Benin to make a new life in Belgium. Although they resort to finding jobs on the black market so they can send money back home, their friendship provides an unbreakable bond that helps them survive. Winner of the 75th Anniversary Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, the latest drama from the Dardenne brothers is a heart-stopping thriller that casts an unflinching eye on the trials of the young and dispossessed.

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