As Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood comes to its final day at VISUAL, conclude your visit with the affecting cinema screening of Young Mothers on Sunday afternoon. This compassionate and nuanced film follows the intersecting lives of five teenage mothers navigating life in a shelter as they strive for a better future for themselves and their babies — a narrative that echoes the powerful themes of lived experience, resilience and the everyday realities of motherhood explored throughout the exhibition. Together, the film and exhibition offer a moving reflection on the strength, complexity and humanity of mothers young and old.

Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma are housed in a shelter for young mothers.

The intersecting lives of these five teenagers hoping for a better life for themselves and their babies forms the subject of this beautiful and poetic film from the Dardennes.

The film is a true-to-life portrait of the struggles faced by these young women living on or near the margins of society.

With typical precision and grace, this richly moving new film builds on a body of humane work from the two great masters of social realist cinema. This is direct, emotional cinema with a compassionate approach to those portrayed, resulting in a film that is not only deeply affecting, but one that is sympathetic and nuanced.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

106 minutes | France | Belgium | 2025 | 16 (IFCO)

French language with English subtitles

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