Young Ahmed
A young Belgian is incited by his imam to view a teacher as an apostate and assassinate her; after he fails, he is sent to juvenile reform.
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Cast
7 people
Idir Ben Addi
Ahmed
No other roles listed
Olivier Bonnaud
L'éducateur de référence
Known for
The Unknown Girl
One Nation, One King
Myriem Akheddiou
Inès
Known for
Titane
Two Days, One Night
Victoria Bluck
Louise
Known for
The Coyotes
Claire Bodson
La mère
Known for
Night Call
Our Children
Othmane Moumen
Imam Youssouf
Also in
Young Mothers
Bad Buzz
Amine Hamidou
Rachid
Known for
The Lost Boys
Planet B
Luc Dardenne Director · Jean-Pierre Dardenne Director Benoît Dervaux Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.5M · First release May 20, 2019 · Produced in Belgium, France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Production
Les Films du Fleuve
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
Archipel 33>35
Production
Proximus
Production
RTBF
Production
Belgium · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Le jeune Ahmed
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
France · May 20, 2019
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Belgium · May 22, 2019
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
July 10, 2020 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
October 24, 2019 · Theatrical
France
May 22, 2019 · Theatrical
Greece
June 3, 2021 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 27, 2020 · Theatrical
Italy
October 31, 2019 · Theatrical
Japan
June 12, 2020 · Digital
Netherlands
July 4, 2019 · Theatrical
Poland
December 6, 2019 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 7, 2019 · Theatrical
Russia
July 20, 2019 · Premiere · Strelka Film Festival
Slovakia
June 25, 2020 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 30, 2020 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Taiwan
February 21, 2020 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 2, 2020 · Digital
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