Le Jeune Ahmed is a Dardenne Brothers movie, so it's a beautifully realized bit of social analysis with excellent acting. It is, of course, a tragedy, as most of their films are. This one is about a fundamentalist young man, and the jeune in their title is really important. Ahmed is a young teenager who keeps making terrible decisions because he is too young to understand the world in which he lives. This movie made me hate religion more than I already hate it, but Le Jeune Ahmed is a fundamentally hopeful film, mostly because it wants us to believe – and to continue to believe – that Ahmed can change.
Young Ahmed is available to stream on Criterion.
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