YOUNG AHMED

Ahmed is not your usual suspect: The 13-year-old with the curly hair looks more like a Harry Potter fan than a dangerous Islamic fundamentalist. But when Ahmed tries to murder his teacher, the state has to intervene. How do you deal with a fanatic, violent child? The Belgian Dardenne brothers once again prove themselves as the masters of a certain breathless social realism, which doesn't preach but rather unfolds reality in all its contradictory facets.