Skip to main content
The Kid with a Bike Poster

The Kid with a Bike (2011)

May 18, 2011 Drama 1h 27m
User Score
71%
432 votes
Internet Movie Database
74%
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
8700%

Overview

Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.

Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Director
Luc Dardenne
Director

Top Billed Cast

Cécile de France
Cécile de France

Samantha
Thomas Doret
Thomas Doret

Cyril
Jérémie Renier
Jérémie Renier

Guy
Fabrizio Rongione
Fabrizio Rongione

Le libraire
Olivier Gourmet
Olivier Gourmet

The Bar Owner
Egon Di Mateo
Egon Di Mateo

Wes
Baptiste Sornin
Baptiste Sornin

Educateur 1
Samuel De Rijk
Samuel De Rijk

Educateur 2
Myriem Akheddiou
Myriem Akheddiou

L'assistante médicale

Full Cast & Crew

Media

The Dardennes on the Origins of The Kid with a Bike
The Dardennes on the Origins of The Kid with a Bike
Featurette
THE KID WITH A BIKE Official Trailer VOSTEN
THE KID WITH A BIKE Official Trailer VOSTEN
Trailer
Loading Wikipedia summary...

Similar Movies

Two Alone
70%
Two Alone

Jan 26, 1934
Wolves, Pigs & Men
81%
Wolves, Pigs & Men

Aug 26, 1964
Glengarry Glen Ross
73%
Glengarry Glen Ross

Sep 10, 1992
Little Friends
35%
Little Friends

Nov 04, 1954
Wonderland
61%
Wonderland

Oct 23, 2003
Downeast
69%
Downeast

Mar 31, 2021
Pather Panchali
79%
Pather Panchali

Aug 26, 1955
Animals
44%
Animals

Jun 23, 2022
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
65%
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

Mar 20, 1988
The Lion King
83%
The Lion King

Jun 15, 1994
Angels on the Street
52%
Angels on the Street

Feb 19, 1941
Mädchen in Uniform
72%
Mädchen in Uniform

Nov 27, 1931

Reviews

Sign in to write a review.
A review by Andres Gomez
Written on October 1, 2013

All in this movie breaths reality....

Read the full review on TMDb
A review by CinemaSerf
Written on January 29, 2025

Hats off to Thomas Doret here as he creates a character in "Cyril" that I'd cheerfully have strangled. Now, of course this young lad has some just cause for being a genuine pain in the neck. He's been abandoned by his mother; his father just wants shot of him and though his only real adult friend "Samantha" (Cécile de France) does her best she just isn't what the boy wants. When a lad tries to steal his bike - his lifeline for staying in touch with his dad - he gets involved in some fisticuffs that earns him the nickname "Pitbull" and a new friend in "Weston" (Egon Di Mateo). Nobody wants him to be his pal, though, as he has a reputation as the local drug dealer. The question for "Cyril" now is whether he accepts the freely offered, but more limiting, affection of "Samantha" or does he se...

Read the full review on TMDb
×