L'enfant = The child / a Sony Pictures Classics release, Les Films du Fleuve and Archipel 35 present a film by Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardene, a co-production of Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 35, RTBF (Télévision Belge), Scope Invest, Arte France Cinéma with the support of Centre du Cinéma and the Audiovisuel de la Communaute Française de Belgique and the Télédistributeurs Wallons, Communauté Française Wallonie-Bruxelles, Loterie Nationale de Belgique, Eurimages, The Programme Media Plus and Communaute Europeenne with the participation of Canal+, Centre National de la Cinématographie and Wallimage ; produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd ; written and directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

When a small-time crook and his young girlfriend have a child, he decides to sell the baby for money. When his girlfriend finds out, she goes into shock. While she recovers in the hospital, he tries to get their son back and redeem himself.