PREVIEW: Tori and Lokita (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Pablo Schils (film debut), Mbundu Joely (film debut), Charlotte De Bruyne (Little Black Spiders), Tijmen Govaerts (Tench), Alban Ukaj (Quo Vadis, Aida?)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jean-Pierre Dardenne (The Kid with a Bike) and Luc Dardenne (Two Days, One Night), directors, writers, producers; Delphine Tomson (40-Love), producer; Benoît Dervaux (The Girl from the Chartreuse), cinematographer; Marie-Hélène Dozo (The Man Who Sold His Skin), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In modern-day Belgium, a young boy named Tori (Schils) and an adolescent girl named Lokita (Joely) – both refugees from the Republic of Benin – strike up a friendship when they are placed in a children’s home for immigrants…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The Dardennes’ latest social drama focuses on the plight of the young EU-bound refugee, as told through a sweet friendship between two young migrants that will touch anyone’s hearts.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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