top secret rosies : the female " computers " of wwii is a 2010 documentary film directed by leann erickson .

the film is focused on recognizing the contributions of women during wwii , serving as human computers and six of whom went on to program one of the earliest computers , the eniac .

their work helped the united states improve the accuracy of weaponry as most conducted ballistics analysis .

the film officially premiered on november 1 on pbs .

at the time , in the 1940s , when these women were doing this work , it was considered classified , moreover contemporaries considered programming a clerical task .

because of this , and because of their invisibility during the media coverage of eniac , the work of these women was largely unrecognized .

herman goldstine selected the programmers from women who had been calculating ballistics tables with desk calculators and a differential analyzer prior to and during the development of eniac .

under herman and adele goldstine 's direction , the programmers studied eniac 's blueprints and physical structure to determine how to manipulate its switches and cables , rather than learning a programming language , which had not yet been invented .

according to jamie gumbrecht in an article by cnn : they handed out its punch cards as souvenirs .

they 'd taught the massive machine do math that would 've taken hours by hand .

[ ... ] but their work during the war was little known , unacknowledged or left out of official histories of the war and the development of computers .

the film focuses on the contributions of several women , namely the blumberg twins , doris polsky ( née blumberg ) and shirley melvin ( née blumberg ) , marlyn meltzer ( née wescoff ) , jean bartik ( a.k.a. billie jean jennings ) .

kathleen antonelli , is another eniac computer programmer recognized in the film .

it has been taught widely in schools and universities and is credited for recognizing the little-known contributions of classified women technology workers during world war ii and making that history available to public audiences .

in the publication for american association of university women ( aauw ) , erickson stated that the film is held in over 500 libraries worldwide .

in 2015 the film was adapted for the ipad in an interactive book app , the computer wore heels .

the app allows users to follow key figures from the film , and highlights social issues , the day-to-day experience or working long shifts , and the wartime context .

top secret rosies | in war , math may be the most secret weapon of all .
filmmaker and professor leann erickson presents her documentary , top secret rosies : the female computers of wwii . rosies shares the story of female mathematicians who did secret u . s . army research during wwii , a handful of whom went on to serve as the programmers of eniac , the 1st computer .
2010 marks the 65th anniversary of the end of wwii , yet the amazing account of these women remains untold until now . top secret rosies : the female computers of wwii shares a story of the women and technology that helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age .
in 1942 a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age . top secret rosies shares the little known story of a group of female mathematicians who did secret research for the us army during wwii , a handful of whom went on to serve as the programmers of eniac , one of the first electronic computers .
in 1942 soon after the japanese attack on pearl harbor , a secret military program was launched to recruit female mathematicians who would become human computers for the u . s . military . top secret rosies : the female computers of wwii shares a story of the women and technology that helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age .
in 1942 , when computers were human and women were underestimated , a group of female mathematicians were recruited to complete secret research for the us army . top secret rosies : the female computers of wwii is a one hour documentary that shares the little known story of the women and technology that helped win the war and usher in the modern computer age . read more >
from pbs - in 1942 soon after the japanese attack on pearl harbor , a secret military program was launched to recruit female mathematicians who would become human ' computers ' for the us military . top secret ' rosies ' : the female ' computers ' of wwii shares a story of the women and technology that helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age .
because of the top secret nature of their work , the female computers of wwii - the code breakers , ballistics calculators , and programmers - never received recognition for their contribution to the war effort . this film ( now available on netflix ! ) finally brings their experience to light and gives these
top secret rosies
the opportunity to tell their stories .
drexel university , a military - friendly school , celebrates women’s herstory month and pays homage to female veterans . a film screening of top secret rosies : the female computers of wwii will be followed by a discussion reflecting on the role of women in the military and computing . panelists will include the film director leann erikson .
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top secret rosies
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please join filmmaker leann erickson for a reception and a screening of her new documentary top secret rosies : the female computers of wwii on monday , december 6 th at 6 : 30 p . m . in 1505 seamans center ( college of engineering—across from old capitol town center ) . the film will begin at 7 : 00 p . m . the event is free and open to the public .
by speaking at paid lectures and creating donation drives , she was able to continue interviewing and filming the project . after seven years , she completed top secret rosies .
in leann erickson ' s latest documentary , top secret ' rosies ' : the female ' computers ' of wwii , the university of iowa alumna aims to tell the untold story of the women behind the ballistics tables for the u . s . weapons . today , a reception will be held at 6 : 30 p . m . followed by a screening at 7 p . m . in 1505 seamans center . the screening is free and open to the public .
in 1941 , soon after the japanese attack on pearl harbor , a secret military program was launched to recruit women to the war effort . but unlike the efforts to recruit rosie to the factory , this search targeted female mathematicians who would become human “computers” for the u . s . military . from the bombing of axis europe to the assaults on japanese strongholds , the women worked round - the - clock shifts creating ballistics tables that proved crucial to allied success . rosie made the weapons , but the female computers made them accurate . when the first electronic computer ( eniac ) was invented to aid the army’s ballistic calculation efforts , six of these women were tapped to become its first programmers . “top secret rosies : the female computers of wwii” will share this untold story of the women and technology that helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age .
in 1942 , when computers were human and women were underestimated , a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age . fall 2010 marks the 65th anniversary of the end of wwii yet their story has not been widely told , until now . filmmaker leann erickson , associate professor of film and media arts at temple universitys school of communications and theater , has announced the launching of a fall tour in support of her documentary , top secret rosies : the female computers of wwii , ( running time 60 minutes , c . 2010 ) top secret rosies shares the little known story of a group of female mathematicians who did secret research for the us army during wwii , a handful of whom went on to serve as the programmers of eniac , the first electronic computer . this tour of the documentary has been funded by a grant from the american association of university women , allowing ms . erickson to appear with the film . the ieee history center , the visual arts department , and the computer science department are thrilled that to announce that they are cosponsoring rutgers - new brunswick as one of the venues for these premier screenings . date : tuesday , november 30 , 2010 time : 4pm reception , 4 : 30 - 6pm screening , followed by q & a ; with the filmmaker location : mason gross school of the arts , room 110 / 117 , 33 livingston avenue , new brunswick nj 08901
in 1942 , when computers were human and women were underestimated , a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the computer age .
top secret rosies : the female
computers
of wwii is a new documentary that tells the story of these women , including twin sisters doris and shirley blumberg . when the war broke out , the country witnessed a 50 % increase of women in the workforce and ballistics computing was one field newly open to women . the military began recruiting young women from high schools and colleges who were skilled in mathematics to work in top secret labs where they produced the ballistics tables that would be included in the weapons ' manuals and sent overseas . they also did calculations for chemical weapons , like mustard gas , and programmed the first electronic computer , the eniac , which would be used to calculate the projections for the hydrogen bomb .
in 1942 a secret us military program was launched to recruit women to the war effort . but unlike the efforts to recruit rosie to the factory , this search targeted female mathematicians who would become human
computers
for the army . from the bombing of axis europe to the assaults on japanese strongholds , women worked round - the - clock shifts creating ballistics tables for every weapon in the us arsenal . rosie made the weapons , but the female computers made them accurate .
curiosity piqued , erickson asked them what they were talking about . melvin said , “oh , during the war we worked as mathematicians for the army . we were recruited right out of high school . ” promising to come back to get their story when she was done with her current project , erickson says the sisters “laughed as if they didn’t believe me . ” but come back she did , and seven years later , in 2010 , she had produced the film top - secret rosies : the female computers of wwii .
an enlightening and moving account of a heretofore little - known women ' s non traditional job during wwii .
when it comes to history , it is unfortunately often only the dominant voice that writes the narrative and dictates what is worth memorializing . that’s why it’s especially exciting when something new is uncovered , a different voice given the chance to tell their version of the story . more than 70 years ago , “when computers were human and women were underestimated , a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age . ” now , their history has finally been told . this is the story of top - secret rosies .
in 1942 a secret us military program was launched to recruit women to the war effort . but unlike the efforts to recruit rosie to the factory , this search targeted female mathematicians who would become human ' computers ' for the army . from the bombing of axis europe to the assaults on japanese strongholds , women worked round - the - clock shifts creating ballistics tables for every weapon in the us arsenal . rosie made the weapons , but the female computers made them accurate . when the first electronic computer ( eniac ) was developed to aid the army ' s calculation efforts , six of these women were tapped to become its first programmers . while the work of these human computers proved crucial to allied victory , it also carried a moral weight - how to square the larger issue of ending a world war against the personal recognition that their mathematical computations made every allied bomb and gun more deadly . the summer of 2010 marks the 65th anniversary of the end of wwii , yet the amazing account . . .
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in 1942 , when computers were human and women were underestimated , a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age . sixty - five years later their story has finally been told .
towards the end of the war , the military ' s focus shifted to the eniac , the first electronic computer . the eniac was developed by two male engineers , but six women computers were tapped to become its first programmers . as it turned out , programming the machine was a great deal more complicated than they expected . it was the female programmers , not the developers , who actually made the machine work . naturally , only the male engineers were photographed and interviewed by journalists . the work of the eniac ' s female programmers were never given credit for their contributions .
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erickson learned the secret of women mathematicians by accident while working on a documentary about neighborhood blockbusting , the practice of neighborhood segregation in the 1960s . as she scanned photos one day , she overheard a conversation between two of her film subjects . she learned that at age 18 , the two women had worked as
human computers
for the u . s . army .
from pbs - in 1942 soon after the japanese attack on pearl harbor , a secret military program was launched to recruit female mathematicians who would . leann erickson , associate professor of film and video production , temple university documentary film director leann erickson discusses her film top secret . i created a 20 - minute talk titled women in computing to celebrate ada lovelace day 2012 . the talk starts with ada lovelace , but it fast forwards a century to .
back before microsoft , ibm , and apple , the word
computer
referred to a person who computes . during world war ii , the military relied on these
human computers
to calculate ballistics projections . in this time of national crisis , when women took on roles outside the home to help the war effort , the military called on young women with exceptional math skills to do this top secret work . many of these young women were jewish .
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when the first electronic computer ( eniac ) was developed to aid the army’s calculation efforts , six of these women were tapped to become its first programmers . while the work of these human computers proved crucial to allied victory , it also carried a moral weight of how to square the larger issue of ending a world war against the personal recognition that their mathematical computations made every allied bomb and gun more deadly .
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hundreds of women with math training were employed across the country . the government found them particularly beneficial because they had training comparable with men , but they could receive lower salaries . women were left in charge with calculating temperature and air density that allowed soldiers to properly aim artillery . factory workers made the weapons , but those tools were accurate because of the hidden female programmers .
reflecting on the documentary , erickson says , “heroic behavior happens all around us all the time . regular people can — and do — do amazing things every day , things that may not seem important at the time but have a ripple effect . ” she tells her film students at temple university to pay attention to their surroundings and to opportunities that cross their paths , however unremarkable they may seem . after all , erickson says , if we have learned anything from the top - secret rosies , it’s that “there are stories everywhere , waiting to be told . ”
“ top - secret rosies has had extensive reach in educational circles — it is being used in junior high , high school , and college classrooms , and is held in over 500 libraries across the world , ” says erickson . her goal is to have an impact on girls in fourth through sixth grades . in order to target them , she has adapted the story for use in an ibook app with a catchy title : “the computer wore heels . ” along with the app for digital books , erickson has also created a study guide that educators can use while showing the documentary in their class .
i highly recommend this documentary for anyone interested in wwii , women ' s labor issues , women ' s education , and mathematics in particular , and / or the intersection of history and sociology . the film skillfully weaves individual stories with the seeping tide of wwii , and specifically the engineering required to implement state - of - the - art armaments . what emerges is how startling , not to mention infuriating it is , that this vitally successful work was ignored until now . like so many of their generation , the women who performed this herculean task returned to their regular lives after the war , never revealing what they had done . i ' m so glad on their behalf that ms erickson has told their story in this eloquent film . beautifully shot and edited , it hits all the right notes .
leann erickson ( far right ) visits the world war ii memorial with some of the women featured in her documentary .
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when the united states entered world war ii , the army initiated a national call for women mathematicians . in fact , aauw was one of the organizations contacted for help with recruiting ! erickson tells us that aauw “helped spread the word about this great opportunity open to college women . i was proud to be able to use the letter specifically addressed to aauw in the documentary . ” these “computers” — then the term for someone who computes , rather than our current notion of the machine — would be responsible for calculating ballistics tables for missiles being used by allied forces overseas . the stakes were high , and these women worked hard on their mission at the university of pennsylvania from 1942 to 1946 .
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erickson was surprised not by the sexism during the era but by the lengths officials went to segregate women from men .
erickson details the individual stories of four women in particular . her documentary illuminates a part of history that , until now , lived only in the memories of the women involved . when asked which stories stood out during her research and interviews , erickson revealed that there was yet another lens through which to look at this story — that of race . “i knew that the world war ii era was a very different one for women and people of color , but i was still surprised at various stories the women shared , ” she said . one story came from marlyn wescoff meltzer , who worked with alyce hall , the only african american in their unit . “marlyn was organizing a going - away dinner , but alyce pulled her aside to say she wouldn’t be able to come since the restaurant they had chosen wouldn’t serve her . shocked at this news , marlyn said she would find one that would . ” the photo on the cover of the film includes alyce hall ( bottom row on the left ) and was taken the night of that dinner .
world war ii saw the united states create one of the strongest military efforts in its history . today , scholars are familiar with the soldiers in combat , people at home planting victory gardens , and women working in factories . yet one group was missing from history books : the women mathematicians in charge of programming war weapons .
the content and style of erickson’s documentary have met with great success . she recalls , “the community action grant made it possible for me to travel across the nation , presenting the film and leading discussions with community members , stem professionals , teachers , and students . … the travel i’ve done with the film exposed me to people and opportunities i would not have had otherwise . ” she was particularly happy to be a panelist at the 2011 u . n . commission on the status of women conference .
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the women interviewed in the film explained the urgency they felt to produce the tables quickly so that the manuals would arrive on time with the weapons , often working double shifts . of course , as the war dragged on , stories traveled back about massacres and some women described losing sleep over the consequences of their work . it ' s hard to imagine what it must feel like to know that your calculations are responsible for actual destruciton and death . i can ' t help but wonder what it means to lose that connection - the direct link between calculations and their aftermath - with modern , non - human ballistics computing .
while filmmaking can be difficult to fundraise for , erickson encourages anyone with a good idea and the will to go with it to “think outside the usual film - funding box , ” and to be unafraid of approaching organizations who share your prospective audience . as she notes , “i did this with aauw and have reaped the benefits of our collaboration . ”
leann erickson ( a 2010–11 aauw community action grantee ) admits , “i discovered this story purely by accident . ” while working on a film project about blockbusting in philadelphia during the 1950s and 60s , erickson was at the house of twins doris blumberg polsky and shirley blumberg melvin , scanning photos for the documentary , when she overheard the ladies talking .
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but the film explores the positive side of the experience , too . for these young women , this job meant fair pay , or even high pay . it meant independence and another option besides marriage or traditional women ' s work . one woman described this time as
the happiest years for us ,
explaining that they managed to squeeze in some time for fun . with no men around , this small sisterhood of women went on picnics and
let their hair down
whenever they had a chance .
leann erickson is a professor at temple university in philadelphia and has been an independent filmmaker for over 25 years . her work has appeared on television , in galleries , and has won international recognition in video / film festivals . she is a recipient of regional and national production grants for her work from such funding sources as the national endowment for the arts , the jerome foundation and the leeway foundation .
intrigued by the hidden story , erickson began researching through libraries in pennsylvania and national archives in washington , d . c . in order to pursue the film , she needed to find funding for the more expensive high - definition film .
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most people don ' t know that it was mostly women .
like the new documentary , erickson ' s previous films discuss women ' s rights .
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i was bringing these women out into the spotlight they deserved .
they would desperately recruit women to do math but wouldn ' t allow them to be in the men ' s classes ,
erickson said .
to [ women ] , it was business as usual , which to me was shocking .
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the kid with a bike ( french : le gamin au vélo ) is a 2011 drama film written and directed by the belgian brothers jean-pierre and luc dardenne , starring thomas doret and cécile de france .

set in seraing , it tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who turns to a woman for comfort after his father has abandoned him .

the film was produced through companies in belgium , france and italy .

while the kid with a bike does not deviate from the naturalistic style of the dardenne brothers ' earlier works , a comparatively bright aesthetic was employed , as well as a screenplay inspired by fairy tales .

unusually for a film by the directors , it also uses music .

it premiered at the 2011 cannes film festival and was co-winner of the festival 's grand prix .

the kid with a bike

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jean - pierre and luc dardenne discuss their film “the kid with a bike . ”
the kid with a bike
vibrates with desperation , frustration and the simple unfairness of life , leavened with glimpses of hope .
cecile de france as samantha and thomas doret as cyril in
the kid with a bike .
thomas doret as cyril and cecile de france as samantha in
the kid with a bike .
jeremie renier as guy catoul and thomas doret as cyril in
the kid with a bike .
“the kid with a bike” is rated pg - 13 ( parents strongly cautioned ) . abandonment and peril .
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thomas doret and cécile de france in “the kid with a bike , ” directed by jean - pierre and luc dardenne .
the kid with a bike is a story of grace , compassion , redemption , and of the possibility of goodness in a very difficult and imperfect world .
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svp of acquisitions and productions arianna bocco and svp of business and legal affairs betsy rodgers brokered the deal with wild bunch for the kid with a bike , about a young child’s quest for love .
sundance selects has picked up us rights to cannes competition entries the kid with a bike from jean - pierre and luc dardenne and bertrand bonello’s house of tolerance .
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, directed by luc dardenne and jean - pierre dardenne , which won the grand jury prize 2011 cannes film festival . the deeply moving emotional life of troubled 11 - year - old cyril . kid with a bike trailer , in theaters march 16th , 2012 .
the kid could have been playing with a ball , could have been doing anything . the sidewalk is his territory .
the kid with a bike ( le gamin au velo ) . directed and written by jean - pierre dardenne and luc dardenne . at the kendall square cinema and the west newton cinema .
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tributes and messages of support have poured in for the motogp racer nicknamed the ‘the kentucky kid’ .
“i said no as i did not have a road bike with me . then a few hours later i heard about the incident .
hayden , 35 , known as the kentucky kid is still fighting in hospital .
hayden remains in a critical condition in a hospital in italy following a crash when riding his bike on wednesday .
the rider , ” he says . the key is to get their core engaged from the get - go , to make it easier to shift to a big - kid bike . for 3 - and 4 - year - olds learning to ride , he recommends a pedal - less bike ( a . k . a . “balance bike” ) . “the rider sits on the seat and propels himself forward with his feet
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hayden , 35 , was the 2006 motogp world championship winner and is nicknamed the kentucky kid .
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i don’t identify with the love of the bike that the kid has , but i identify with his willful ignorance , his refusal to let go of an idea . in this case , that his father , guy ( dardennes - regular jérémie renier ,
the 24” meadowbank is a scaled - down version of the 650c bike with removable front and rear brakes and single speed flip - flop hub .
the kid with a bike - dardenne brothers movie ( 2012 ) hd subscribe to trailers : urltoken abandoned by his father , a young boy is left in a state - run youth farm . in a random act of kindness , the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends .
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taken ? i spent 90 % of this movie hoping this little fucker would get hit by a car .
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we ran a little bit together and then while i was heading back to the hotel in the afternoon he asked me if i would go with him for a ride on a bike .
enjoyed this film - it has english subtitiles if you struggle with the french . sad story with a good ending .
riding a bicycle represents freedom , fun and fresh air – it’s like being a kid again . why not bring this feeling home ? industrial kid desk lamps give the same fresh and sporty spirit to everyone’s room and life .
the kids bike library is similar to a regular library , but with bikes ! as of may 17th , on wednesdays from 10am – 6pm at the bike kitchen , kids and youth can come trade a bike they have outgrown for one their size . we ' ll also be doing free tune - ups on kids’ bikes from 4 - 6pm on wednesdays in front of the bike kitchen . join us for the launch party on may 17th from 4 - 6pm in front of the bike kitchen , for games , prizes and bike tune - ups !
doctors had placed the 2006 motogp champion , known as
the kentucky kid
, into a medically induced coma after the incident on wednesday .
when his mother sends jack off with money to buy groceries , he comes home with a magic supercharged dirt bike instead . his mother is furious , but when jack uses the magic bike to save the local hot dog stand from the clutches of corrupt big business , he becomes the town hero .
racist graffiti on the loveland bike trail was a tiny part of a larger problem . i hope the response i’ve received can be part of a larger solution .
in the opening scene of the kid with a bike , directed by the legendary belgian brother - team jean - pierre and luc dardenne , a 13 - year - old boy ( thomas doret ) tries to call his father from a phone in an office as a man hovers over him . the father ' s phone has been disconnected .
hayden remains in a critical condition after he was involved in a crash with a car while cycling in italy .
top per - theater average : “the kid with a bike” ( sundance selects ) belgium’s jean - pierre and luc dardenne saw their “kid with a bike” debut on three screens in new york and la care of sundance selects . the result was a $ 45 , 933 gross , averaging a respectable $ 15 , 311 . the 2011 cannes film festival alum far exceeded the opening of the dardennes’ last film — 2009’s “lorna’s silence” — which averaged $ 5 , 735 from six screens en route to a $ 338 , 795 north american gross . sundance selects will expand the film to the top 10 markets next weekend .
i would recommend doing regular abc safety checks on their bikes and teaching them about basic bike maintenance so they know how to tell whether their bike is safe to ride . if you don ' t know much about bike mechanics , come by the bike kitchen and we ' ll be happy to teach you !
the bike desk lamp was originally created by peter as a solution when his daughter started school in 2013 and did not like sitting at the desk . some friends asked him to create a lamp for their kids so he started to make them in different colors . in 2015 peter founded industrial kid to improve the original design and launch the bike desk lamp internationally . since then industrial kid became the expert of the indoor lights and home decor influenced by bicycles .
trade in a spielberg space alien for a yamaha motor bike , keep the special effects on the inexpensive side , then assume filmgoers under age 12 are morons , and what you get is the dirt bike kid , an innocuous and wholly forgettable effort aimed at the preteen set . billingsley is an independent youngster who lives with his mother ( bloom ) . billingsley spends . . . read more
one way in which both films are similar in their style is the unflinching view of reality . the style with which the dardennes ' brothers film the kid with a bike is through a realistic lens . it is a naturalist approach where the mirroring of reality in all of its most brutal forms is evident . the dardennes ' brothers do not hesitate to depict a realistic world in which pain and suffering are intrinsic to consciousness . . . .
when the hairdresser is leaving the orphanage after she returned cyrill ' s bike the car she iss driving makes the sound of diesel engine , but in the next scene with the same car the car sounds like it has a petrol engine .
the dardenne brothers are known for their realistic , unfussy style , and their avoidance of psychological explanations for their characters and plot . in the kid with a bike , cyril ends up meeting a hairdresser named samantha ( the fantastic and riveting cécile de france ) , who becomes his weekend foster - parent before adopting him .
racist graffiti on the loveland bike trail was placed right in front of a bench placed in memory of judy leever .
“the ‘kentucky kid’ will be sorely missed by all that ever had the pleasure of meeting him or the privilege to see him race a motorcycle around a track , be it dirt or asphalt .
ask students to look at the cover of duck on a bike . have them predict what they think might happen in the story .
if you haven ' t caught up with critical darlings the dardennes brothers yet — think the coens meet ken loach in belgium — then the kid with a bike is a great my first dardenne movie . while it combines many of the double palme d’or winners’ obsessions and no - nonsense approach — note the title — it doesn’t feel like filmmakers going through the motions : instead , it feels human , poignant and real .
13 : 00 : pictures of the nicky hayden crash have emerged , featuring a dark car with a cracked windscreen .
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got off to an unexpectedly strong start with an average of $ 28 , 602 in three theaters . with
when the hairdresser is leaving the orphanage after she returned cyrill ' s bike the car she iss driving makes the sound of diesel engine , but in the next scene with the same car the car sounds like it has a petrol engine . see more »
ducati rider loris baz said : “been a pleasure to race with you nicky what i will remember it ' s your massive smile off the bike ! ! another great . ”
last , but by no means least is the napier runner bike . the bmx style frame , light butted tubes and quality bearing hubs and headset shows that the napier – just like all the other little hoys – is a real bike only smaller .
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over and over , their subjects are parents , children , alienation , rebellion . but the dardennes love these characters and do not blame them . they attend to their pain . they find goodness and share happiness . the most mysterious character in
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is not the kid , who after all , has a story it ' s fairly easy to understand . it is the hairdresser , played by cecille de france with her sad beauty . this actress carries lifetimes in her eyes .
we caught up with aida mas from the bike kitchen to learn about their newest initiative , kids bike library . kids and preteens grow out of clothes and even bycicles so fast , parents may find difficult to keep up . aida has a solution , read on .
industrial kid’s bicycle - inspired , contemporary design lamps offer the customers the freedom of choice by participating in the creative process . desk lamps made from bicycle parts combined with the soft touch of wood create a special atmosphere at home or in the office . each piece is unique because individual owners customize the lamp by playing with the color of the spare parts .
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a complicated unflinching look at a boy struggling to thrive in a harsh world .
hayden passed away in italy today - five days after being involved in a crash while cycling his bike on the rimini coast .
among the snubs were life of pi and the master , with no nominations whatsoever .
empathy might be the word that best describes the kid with a bike . the dardenne brothers follow cyril not with an intention to judge his misdeeds , nor with any sort of prepacked solution , but rather with the intention of revealing formative moments of a boy who will , in all likelihood , face the spite of society for the rest of his life . it is a film that considers and questions responsibility . how much blame can be put on cyril for his behaviour ? and the father who throws away a would - be murder weapon for the sake of his son ; is he a villain , a victim , or just another reflection of his own environment ? the film does not draw these moral lines , preferring…
a pickup truck was coming out of an alley just before noon on sunday in the côte - saint - paul neighbourhood when it collided with the child , who was on his bike , police said .
we rushed over to the kid . . . started performing cpr immediately and i called an ambulance ,
said marthaller .
was in a virtual tie with an average of $ 15 , 202 in six .
look through the pages of the book one more time with students , encouraging them to orally retell the story . ask individuals to describe what duck is doing on each page spread and what sound the other animal on the page makes when it sees duck . help them conclude the story with the text on the last spread : “then they put the bikes back by the house . and no one knew that on that afternoon , there had been a cow , a sheep , a dog , a cat , a horse , a chicken , a goat , two pigs , a mouse , and a duck on a bike . ”
vinales won today ' s race after valentino rossi came off the track with a lap to go .
the use of the beethoven , the music soaring , as well as what appears to be a kind of resurrection , makes it easy to read “the kid with a bike” as a religious allegory , though that would be reductive . one thing that makes the dardennes’ work so vibrant , at once new and seemingly timeless , is that they ask the most urgent questions we can ask of ourselves — including , what is it to be human — and in nondoctrinaire , nonproscriptive terms . this isn’t to deny the religious influence , which runs as deep in their films as it does in the outside world , but to argue that they have recast that influence in philosophical and aesthetic terms . “rosetta , ” “the son , ” “the child” and “the kid with a bike” are , in the most expansive sense , good works .
the opening scenes of the kid with a bike , their latest broken - society parable , lay out the usual stall . the camera is hand - held , roving , observational . we follow a central character – thomas doret’s 11 - year - old cyril – who’s constantly on the move , with an itch he can’t scratch . he can’t find his dad , who’s been raising him solo . he’s been left in a children’s home but wriggles free of every attempt to keep him there .
t he kid with a bike is not a character study or a psychological melodrama . it is more of a fairy tale , complete with dark forest where bad things happen and where rules don ' t apply , and a good fairy who appears to draw from a depthless font of good - heartedness and empathy that never needs to be explained , because we all have that in us . we all could choose to be as good and open and uncomplicatedly kind as samantha . she needs no motivation .
i t’s business as usual , more or less , for the dardenne brothers in the kid with a bike ( le gamin au vélo ) . but that can only be good news for their devoted admirers , who know that a deliberately restricted thematic palette and rigorously economical methodology allow the belgian duo to take no - frills realism to emotional places where it doesn’t normally go .
it doesn ' t take long for the essential plot to reveal itself . cyril is a young boy whose father has dropped him off at an orphanage and then disappeared without a word of explanation . cyril cannot accept that his father will not return for him , and he also just wants to go to his father ' s apartment and get his bike . over the course of the film , cyril does get his bike back , and he does find his father , but there ' s no catharsis . what emerges is something else . in this , the kid with a bike feels like real life .
even after moving in with samantha , young cyril is always on the move . running , climbing , pouncing on a kid who steals his bike , fighting , he moves fearlessly and immediately . there is no pause between impulse and action . this is the debut of young thomas doret and it is an extraordinary performance that doesn ' t feel like a performance .
don’t be fooled by the size this is not a toy . named after the courtyard in napier college where sir chris first learnt to balance on a bike the smallest hoy invites the next generation to learn too .
racist graffiti on the loveland bike trail , discovered thanksgiving day and subsequently removed , is part of a disturbing trend , bruce leever writes .
cannes - - as movie titles go , the kid with a bike could hardly be more direct and explicative in its unadorned simplicity . which is a perfect encapsulation of any film by the resolutely unshowy maestros of humanistic portraiture , jean - pierre and luc dardenne . back at the festival that has already crowned them with two palme d’ors ( for rosetta in 1999 and the child in 2005 ) , the belgian siblings are again at the peak of their powers in this impeccably observed drama .
a female doctor gets obsessed with the case of a dead woman after learning that the woman had died shortly after having rung her door for help .
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bocco closed the deal with nicolas brigaud - robert of films distribution and negotiated a pre - sale of all us rights with the company on mia hansen’s romance project goodbye first love .
additionally , the dardennes work in a similar style to de sica . the young actor , the real locations , the simple plot , the lack of melodrama - - this 2011 belgian film is very much in line with the 1948 italian film’s aesthetics . collaborating as usual with cinematographer alain marcoen , the dardennes make no move that calls attention to itself . there are no tricky shots , no daring overheads , they maintain a grounded vantage point , which ultimately proves to be more immersive than some glossier fictional efforts , in that the kid with a bike is far more persuasive as a believable narrative . it is being lived , not choreographed .
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the fast - moving boy in “the kid with a bike , ” a quietly rapturous film about love and redemption from jean - pierre and luc dardenne , races along with frightening intensity , his little legs pedaling hard , his eyes fixed on a heart - heavy destination . what the 11 - year - old cyril ( the newcomer thomas doret , touchingly serious ) wants — what every muscle in his small , tensed body strains toward — is the father who left him at a children’s home , abandoning his only son to the kindness of strangers with as seemingly little regard and feeling as someone else might toss a pair of old shoes .
and it is claimed another , unnamed , rider was airlifted to the hospital after falling off his bike at the circuit yesterday .
perhaps even more impressive was david gelb’s doc “jiro dreams of sushi . ” a look at 85 - year - old sushi master jiro ono , the film went from two to six screens and jumped 117 % . grossing $ 91 , 214 , its $ 15 , 202 per - theater - average nearly toppled “the kid with a bike” for the best overall . the film will expand further march 23rd .
can a duck ride a bike ? this duck can — and he can ride with no hands and even stand up on the seat ! david shannon’s duck on a bike delights young readers and provides an opportunity to teach students repetitive story structure and the difference between fiction and nonfiction . activities engage students in writing a make - believe animal story , learning an animal sounds song , and sorting animals into categories .
spokane valley , wash . - a 15 - year - old boy remains in critical condition after being struck by a spokane valley police department patrol car while riding his bike on friday night . a spokane valley police deputy was heading westbound on sprague to assist with an arrest in a domestic violence case when he struck ryan holyk at the intersection of sprague and vista while holyk was riding his bike .
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maverick vinales won the race on his movistar yamaha , with johann zarco second .
it was claimed hayden was with a group of 14 riders when the incident happened . this is not true .
at this time , no one has been charged with a crime or traffic ticket . the investigation is ongoing .
watching the kid with a bike , you’ll want to knock some sense into cyril more than once . hell , not only because he refuses to listen , but after the second time his bike gets stolen because he didn’t lock it up , you just want to smack him upsdie the head . ( i joked the movie could alternately be called the persuasive argument for my vasectomy . ) i don’t know where the dardennes found thomas doret , but he’s excellent . the young actor has a laser - like focus and maintains his mission at all times . cyril will not be dissuaded .
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teach students about the repetitive story structure and the difference between fiction and nonfiction with these comprehensive activities .
on thanksgiving day , i took a walk with my brother , who was in town from georgia for the holidays . i live right by the loveland bike trail , so we started out , going away from town . about a quarter mile up the trail , we saw your work .
“i did , and still do . the best professional i have ever had the pleasure to meet , share a track with and be a friend of . rip @ nicky _ hayden . our thoughts are with jackie and the whole hayden family . ”
having their feet flat on the ground at first is helpful . encourage them to walk the bike while sitting on it . “the child should walk his feet on the ground , moving the bike , making turns and circles , ” says dr . hinson . ” the goal is for him to get the feel of what it takes to steer the bike and balance it . since their feet are on the ground , it’s fairly easy , and falls are eliminated . ”
in outline it sounds trite  a disenfranchised kid is turned around by a kindly stranger  but the dardennes make it so much more . raw but compassionate , naturalistic but compelling . if youre looking to get into the dardennes , this is a great place to s
remind students about the book you read about real farm animals . explain that it was a nonfiction book full of facts and information . duck on a bike , on the other hand , is a fiction book about farm animals doing things that real farm animals cannot do . tell students that they will be comparing the make - believe farm animals in duck on a bike to real farm animals .
tell students that they will illustrate a cover for their make - believe stories about an animal who tries out a new kind of transportation . distribute copies of the the duck on a bike big activity printable to students and ask them to :
a girl’s bike befitting a boy with a girl’s name , i guess . while i didn’t come to blows with any of the kids the way that cyril did ( at least not over the bike ) , it did still come to represent a kind of rebellion for me - - i rode it regardless of others’ taunts - - and provided my personal freedom . i could go all over town on it , much faster and with more ease than on two feet . in other words , it could get me away from those other boys whom i didn’t want to hang out with anyway . looking back , i guess it did carry a comparable power to the bike in the movie . it maybe wasn’t about my father’s love , but then , ultimately that’s not what cyril’s represents . it’s about having a vehicle to be who we are and get us to where we feel safe .
the film wastes no time getting underway : cyril , the 11 - year - old boy of the title , places a call to his father . the number is disconnected . he wants his bike back , and , despite the reasoning of the adults at the youth farm where he new lives , cyril refuses to acknowledge that his father may have sold his bike and abandoned him . the bike lifts him out of the meagerness of his life while his father anchors him to the world . losing both things is impossible for the boy to understand .
14 : 40 : the driver of the car that collided with motogp legend nicky hayden was not over the alcohol limit .
use the graphic organizer on the duck on a bike identifying fiction and nonfiction printable to model for students how to distinguish between make - believe and real animals . project the page on a whiteboard or pass out copies to students .
15 : 45 : former motogp world champion kevin schwantz has revealed he was with nicky hayden just hours before his bike crash on wednesday - and that the american even asked him to join him .
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vinales won the race at le mans after valentino rossi slid off the track with one lap to go .
one way in which both films are similar in their style is the unflinching view of reality . the style with which the dardennes ' brothers film the kid with a bike is through a realistic lens . it is a naturalist approach where the mirroring of reality in all of its most brutal forms is evident . the dardennes ' brothers do not hesitate to depict a realistic world in which pain and suffering are intrinsic to consciousness . this is similar to the italian neorealism style with which de sica films bicycle thieves .
difficult moral and economic conditions
dominate the landscape , and de sica ' s world emphasize this . both films do not hesitate in depicting a reality in which there is an emphasis in the struggle of being human . this struggle occupies both external and internal notions of reality .
we’ll be celebrating the launch of the new bikes with sir chris with a whistlestop tour of the country , visiting london , liverpool and glasgow . sir chris is welcoming riders of all abilities and the little ones will have a chance to test out hoy bikes on mini test tracks .
the anecdote itself is completely irrelevant to examining this 2011 film from jean - pierre and luc dardenne , and yet it is also everything . the pleasure of watching the kid with a bike [ also on filmstruck ] and , in fact , all dardenne films is the attention to personal details . everything that happens matters to the person it happens to , and the specificity is exactly why audiences around the world , be they in the dardenne brothers’ native belgium or here in the united states , identify with their stories . it’s the bigger things that separate us , and the day - to - day that proves we are all basically the same .
to celebrate the launch of the new hoy kid’s range , sir chris hoy is travelling the uk on a whistle - stop tour from london , to liverpool & glasgow from 27th may , so see how you can get involved .
once the child seems comfortable making turns and circles on foot while seated on the bike , progress to the driveway or a parking lot ( preferably something flat , smooth , and with a lot of room to go off course ) . have him try walking while making turns and circles on the pavement , until he’s comfortable .
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18 . 05 : video has emerged - shown above - of the moment police attended the scene minutes after nicky hayden was knocked off his bike .
this minimalist approach demands patience from audiences because it is a cinema dedicated to lyricism rather than story . the kid with a bike takes an honored place in the dardenne brothers’ unique and highly praised body of work , powerful examples of realist film making that examine working class lives on the edge . like their past films la promesse , rosetta , the son , l’enfant , and lorna’s silence , this film is ultimately hopeful . the audience is brought effortlessly into the hearts of the characters , and we , too , are transformed .
he can ' t stand restraint . he doesn ' t accept instruction . when he sees another boy ride past on his bike , he chases him . samantha ( cecile de france ) , who owns a local beauty shop , tracks down the boy and buys the bike from his father . what anguish cyril must feel when he learns the other kid didn ' t steal his bike — guy sold it . he sees a notice in a shop window , in his father ' s own handwriting . cyril is about 11 and will remind some viewers of the hero of truffaut ' s
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but that boy had a hero , balzac , and cyril has only his father , who cannot accept the role .
give each student an opportunity to answer the big question . encourage students to support their answers with details and evidence from the text . tell the students there is more than one right answer . do you think an animal could really ride a bike ? why or why not ?
hayden’s presence in hospital has been met with a lot of media attention and police have moved to stop the flow of paparazzi .
on the ground . this enables the child to balance the bike on his own and steer it , which are the two keys to learning to ride , ” dr . hinson says . a really good one recently on the market : the 12 - inch starfish balance bike by cleary bikes . it’s pricey—starting at $ 199—but with a leather seat , special sealants to protect the paint , and ( almost unheard of in balance bikes ) a hand break , it’s one special piece of engineering . find it at urltoken or here at urltoken . another good , more affordable option is tauki kids 12 - inch balance bike , available for $ 80 at urltoken .
i was driving home from taking my kids to school , and i was getting ready to turn left onto potter drive , and i saw a kid crossing the street at a bit of a jog to make it ,
marthaller told 11 news reporter katie pelton .
“many people want to keep the seat low and have the kid pedal with the seat low—they think this is safer because the kid will be able to put his feet on the ground if he begins to fall , ” dr . hinson says . but once they are past the “walking” stage , this is a no - no : “having the seat low makes it really difficult to pedal , as your legs are never fully extended , and when beginners sense they are falling they don’t always put their feet on the ground , but rather let go of the handle bars and basically try to jump off the bike—it’s just instinct , they all do it . ” move the seat up so there’s about a 10 - degree bend in their knee when the pedal is at the bottom of the pedal stroke—their toes should just barely touch the ground .
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playing adoptive mother to cyril proves far from easy for samantha , and things take a troubling turn when the kid is befriended by teenager wes ( di mateo ) whom you can instantly tell is going to be a very bad influence indeed .
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award - winning author and illustrator david shannon charms young audiences with this richly illustrated quack - up of a tale ! duck discovers the joys of bike riding in the barnyard and shows off to the rest of the farm animals who , in turn , make their animal sounds and offer comments on duck’s performance .
was next with $ 13 , 537 in its lone theater . the overall box office leader ,
hayden was knocked off his bike last week and his family are by his side . honda released a statement yesterday while police increased the security to keep his family in peace .
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a 6 - year - old boy is in critical condition after colliding with a truck on de biencourt street in the côte - saint - paul neighbourhood . ( cbc )
i find the dardenne ' s much less effective than the critical consensus holds them to be . perhaps its only because they are peddled as consistent masterpiece makers , but i tend to be less impressed by them than most . i keep trying to determine my issues with their films ( most of which i consider to be solid to very good , if never exceptional ) , and on this viewing of the kid with a bike , i hit on a possibility . it ' s clear the filmmakers are aiming for a sort of realism here , with handheld camerawork , performances by largely nonactors , and a story that aims at naturalism - - but the dardennes cheat . they make films that take naturalistic approaches , but are also full of narrative shortcuts or…
italian rider simone mazzola on friday was taken to the hospital after falling off his team kymco oral racing bike at the misano world circuit during supersport 300 practice .
the kid with a bike ( le gamin au vélo ) festival de cannes official selection in competition directed by jean - pierre & luc dardenne with cécile de france , thomas doret , jérémie renier , olivier gourmet . . . cyril , almost 12 , has only one plan : to find the father who left him temporarily in a children ' s home . by chance he meets samantha , who runs a hairdressing salon and agrees to let him stay with her at weekends . cyril doesn ' t recognize the love samantha feels for him , a love he desperately needs to calm his rage . . . release date : belgium , france , italy : may 18th , 2011 . switzerland : may 25th , 2011 .
when his father ( jérémie renier ) abandons him , cyril obsessively tries to find his bicycle—after all , his father must have cared about him enough not to sell that off , he reasons . almost by accident , he becomes the ward of a kind hairdresser ( cécile de france ) , a woman who seems surprised to find herself so determined to help him . with his wild , unpredictable behavior and his disastrous search for father figures , cyril risks losing her—though she refuses to give up without a fight . full of heartbreaking betrayals and unexpected grace , the kid with a bike is a film about a child , abandoned to the elements , learning to become good . < br / > < b > * note : < / b > film is presented in french with english subtitles .
write the heading “farm animals” on the whiteboard or chart paper . ask students to name animals they would probably see at a farm . as you write down the name of each animal , ask students to make the noise that the animal makes . continue the list until you have the names of most of the animals featured in duck on a bike .
it ' s not a particularly busy week in terms of total number of limited releases . however , it is a huge week in terms of total theater count , as there are three films opening in hundreds of theaters each . will any of these films succeed ? jeff , who lives at home has the best shot of the three . or will any of the much more limited releases find an audience ? of those , the kid with a bike has the best shot at finding an audience . additionally , intouchables has a sneak peak on saturday at the paris theater in new york city . more . . .
model : let’s start by looking at the first two pages of the story that show duck getting up on the bike . in the picture , the farmhouse looks real and the bike looks real . what looks like it is make - believe ? the way duck is climbing up onto the bike with his wing tips on the handlebars is definitely not real . no duck could do that ! and in the text , duck is thinking in english — which also doesn’t happen in real life ! i’ll write both those things under “make - believe . ” i’ll write that ducks don’t ride bikes and ducks don’t think in english under “real . ”
cyril’s search for his father , guy ( jérémie renier , a dardenne regular ) , initially drives “the kid with a bike , ” giving it relentless momentum ( those small legs pump like pistons ) and investing it with palpable peril . early in the film , cyril escapes the home and races out , trying to find his father . he makes his way to the bleak apartment complex where they lived , but all that remains of their life together are empty rooms and peeling walls . for a long , painful moment , cyril stands eerily still in one of the rooms , facing away from the camera — his shoulders look so small — the camera keeping a slight distance from this child who has literally turned his back on the world .
eleven - year - old cyril ( thomas doret ) , all coiled anger and furious motion , is living in a group home but refuses to believe he has been rejected by his single father ( jérémie renier ) . he spends his days frantically trying to reach the man , over the phone or on his beloved bicycle . it is only the patience and compassion of samantha ( cécile de france ) , the stranger who agrees to care for him , that offers the boy the chance to move on . spare and unsentimental but deeply imbued with a heart - rending tenderness , the kid with a bike is an arresting work from the great belgian directors jean - pierre and luc dardenne , masters of the empathetic action film .
* “ the kid with a bike [ le gamin au velo ] “ : this should be must - viewing for all men who father kids out of wedlock or who don’t manage to stay in their kids’ lives–and must - viewing for the babymamas like bristol palin , who repeatedly shack up and have sex with various guys , giving birth to these out - of - wedlock kids . except that the ending is far more positive and happier , though , than what would have happened in real life . a young boy is abandoned by his father to a state - run orphanage . he is looking everywhere for his father ( and his bike ) , as his father told him he’d only leave him there for a week , while he looked for work . a kindly beauty shop owner he meets agrees to help him find his father and to serve as a temporary foster parent on weekends . the boy gets caught up with the wrong crowd . like i said , in real life , the ending would be far , far worse . in french with english subtitles .
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it’s hard not to think that the reception for “the kid with the bike” and “habemus papam” might have been more enthusiastic if the filmmakers were unknowns . ( because they are by name directors , they will , in the coming year , be opening if not necessarily at a multiplex near you than probably at an art - house or festival , or perhaps even on video on demand . ) if nothing else , writing about a new director , a discovery , a find , allows critics and journalists to stake a claim on untrodden ground . the problem is that if a film looks , sounds or plays too differently it risks alienating critics , which may help explain why there wasn’t more applause for “footnote , ” a competition high point from the israeli filmmaker joseph cedar .
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“although this is obviously a sad time , we would like everyone to remember nicky at his happiest – riding a motorcycle . he dreamed as a kid of being a pro rider and not only achieved that but also managed to reach the pinnacle of his chosen sport in becoming world champion . we are all so proud of that .
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the footage shows a huge dent and a smashed windscreen on the passenger side of a black peugeot 207cc . police then arrive at the scene and are seen taking pictures of the footwell . discarded on the side of the road is the bike hayden was riding when he was knocked off . police quickly blocked off the road and are visible directing traffic away from the crash site . the hazard lights of the vehicle that hit hayden off , meanwhile , are flashing .
frenchman johann zarco is third on the grid , with brit cal crutchlow fourth in his lcr honda .
at first sight , the kid with a bike might appear to be more in the vein of the earlier films than its immediate predecessor . once again , it’s set in seraing , though this time the protagonist is even younger than the kids in la promesse , rosetta , the son , and l’enfant . cyril ( thomas doret ) is an eleven - year - old who , despite all the evidence to the contrary , refuses to believe that his father , guy ( renier ) , has abandoned him , sold the boy’s beloved bike , and moved away on the proceeds without leaving an address . in his frantic attempts to escape his care - home wardens , he encounters samantha ( cécile de france ) , a total stranger who responds to his appeals for help first by going off to find his bike , then by allowing him to visit her on weekends . the hairdresser’s decision to offer cyril help and care doesn’t diminish his resolve to find and live once more with his dad , nor does it stop him from falling in with a potentially far more sinister surrogate parent in the shape of wes ( egon di mateo ) , a local teenager whom samantha suspects of dealing drugs .
taking the loach analogy further , this is the dardennes’ kes , a realistic , unsentimental take on childhood . eleven year - old cyril ( thomas doret ) is one of cinema’s great jds , a feral kid in care refusing to be tamed . for 20 - odd minutes we follow cyril on his quest to find his absconded father ( pointedly played by former dardenne child actor jérémie renier ) and thus his bike . little of consequence happens , but almost by stealth we realise we are caught up in cyril’s world as he is taken under the wing of hairdresser samantha ( cécile de france ) , whose motivations for fostering are vague , and falls in with a local hard kid ( egon di mateo ) .