Tori and Lokita
What I didn’t grasp when I first watched the movie is that the act of grace I was anxiously waiting for had happened before the movie began.
Tori and Lokita
From two-time Palme d’Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Two Days, One Night) comes the story of seventeen-year-old Lokita and twelve-year-old Tori (in remarkable debut performances from Pablo Schils and Joely Mbundu), two immigrants — from Benin and Cameroon, respectively — struggling for survival on the margins of society. The inseparable pair work as performers in a cheap trattoria, dealing drugs on the side for the restaurant’s abusive cook, while balancing the demands of an indifferent bureaucracy and a band of violent smugglers. When Lokita is held captive while working in a marijuana grow house, Tori scrambles to save his companion from their abusers, as events spiral out of control. Winner of the 75th Anniversary Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, the latest humanist drama from the Dardenne Brothers is a heart-stopping thriller that casts an unflinching eye on the trials of the young and dispossessed.
Genre
Drama,
French Cinema
Runtime
89
Language
French
Director
Jean-Pierre,
Luc Dardenne
Writer(s)
Jean-Pierre,
Luc Dardenne
Cast
Pablo Schils,
Joely Mbundu,
Alban Ukaj,
Tijmen Govaerts,
Charlotte De Bruyne,
Nadège Ouedraogo,
Marc Zinga
Awards:
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
Winner, 75th Anniversary Prize, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com
Tori and Lokita call each other brother and sister. Biologically, it's not true. Emotionally it's more true than anyone around them could know. Their relationship is the core of "Tori and Lokita," a tight, heartrending social realist drama from Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, who've worked in the ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 3.31.23 - 4.04.23
Town Center 5 3.31.23 - 4.06.23
Glendale 3.31.23 - 4.04.23
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