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Tori and Lokita

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Tori and Lokita

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Summary

A young boy and girl arrive in Belgium from Africa where their friendship is pitted against the cruel conditions of their exile. Powerful drama with subtitles.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Amber Wilkinson

A pair of refugee children find themselves trapped between the dangers of unyielding bureaucracy and criminal exploitation in the Dardenne brothers' humanistic drama. Eleven-year-old Tori (Pablo Schils) and teenager Lokita (Joely Mbundu) forge an inseparable bond on their flight from Africa, although whether they are the siblings they claim to be is under scrutiny by the Belgian authorities. Stuck in legal limbo and in debt to traffickers - who are pointedly connected to a church - the pair deal drugs for a ruthless pizza chef (Alban Ukaj). As he sees further ways to exploit his position, the kids find themselves in over their heads. The Dardennes present the youngsters as bright spots of compassionate energy against the darkness of the wider world, and while some of the plot developments feel overly familiar, the emotion in this moving film always rings true.

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7.1/10

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rolenameDirectorJean-Pierre DardenneDirectorLuc Dardenne

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Theatrical distributor

Picturehouse

Released on

2022-12-02

Languages

Italian | French

Formats

Colour

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