Watch the new trailer for the Dardenne brother’s new immigration thriller ToriAndLokita, which won the 75th Anniversary Prize at Cannes 2022:
Sideshow and Janus Films have released the first trailer for Tori and Lokita, the twentieth directorial outing from storied Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne . The Dardenne Brothers also wrote the dramatic thriller, which, like much of their work, deals with sociopolitical issues. Having tackled such topics as the plight of labor and state-run childcare in the past, the siblings are now tackling immigration.
According to an official plot synopsis, the story focuses on twelve-year-old Tori and seventeen-year-old Lokita , African immigrants living in Belgium, "struggling for survival on the margins of society." The duo "work as performers in a cheap trattoria, dealing drugs on the side for the restaurant’s abusive cook, while balancing the demands of an indifferent bureaucracy and a band of violent smugglers.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Tori and Lokita's Successful Cannes Debut Tori and Lokita debuted to great acclaim at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded the 75th Anniversary Prize. The Dardennes have a long history of being well-received at the prestigious festival, where they've previously won prizes for Best Director , Best Screenplay , Prize of the Ecumenical Jury , the Grand Jury Prize and, on two separate occasions, the coveted Palme d'Or .
Watch the trailer for Tori and Lokita below. The film will be released in New York and Los Angeles on March 24 before expanding into other markets.
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