Young Mothers, a tender character study of five teen mums

When filmmakers claim to be inspired by the Safdie brothers, they’re really talking about Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the Belgian sibling duo who had already pioneered a certain type of social realism: they cast non-professional actors, shoot them in real locations, and follow their characters with a trademark over-the-shoulder camera angle. Josh Safdie once said it himself to Variety: “Everyone always brings up the Coen brothers to us. And we always say,hellip;

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