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The Kid with a Bike

Sure, the sudden upswell of strings from the Emperor Concerto took me by surprise, too, but if the Dardennes haven't earned their bona fides as unflinching unsentimentalists by now, no one has, so I think they should be granted as much slack as they require. The humanism for which they're famous may be a little more approachable here, but it's no less rigorous for that. This is heartbreaking but fiercely lucid work.