Synopsis

Like the Dardennes' renowned film Rosetta, which won the Palme d’Or in the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, the young protagonist in The Kid with a Bike is also restlessly on the road seeking for love, hope and spiritual comforts. The film continues the directors’ discussion on the most primary humanistic topics: parenthood, trust and love. Cyril escapes from the children’s home to look for his dad who he believes is waiting for him. However, He only finds an empty apartment and his favorite bicycle gone. A kindly hairdresser, Samantha, who he accidently encounters, adopts him and gives him warmth, tenderness and good care he deserves. However, all the evidences of being abandoned cannot stop this young boy from trying to get back into his father’s life, which causes him stuck with a local drug-dealer……