Skip to main content  'The Kid with a Bike': A simple story with
a lasting impact  By Tom Charity, Special to CNN updated 9:35 AM
EDT, Fri March 16, 2012 Thomas Doret and Cecile De France star
in Thomas Doret and Cecile De France star in "The Kid with a
Bike."   • "The Kid with a Bike" has simplicity fused with moral
force and emotional gravity   • In the movie, Cyril escapes a
children's home and is desperate to get back to his father   •
When he finds the apartment empty, he runs headlong into the
arms of a stranger  (CNN) -- Hollywood excess is always an easy
target, as the reception to last week's "John Carter" shows.
But it's worth remembering, simplicity is hard. The simplicity
fused with moral force and emotional gravity that brothers Jean-
Pierre and Luc Dardenne bring to Cannes Grand Prix winner, "The
Kid with a Bike," is a rare and beautiful thing.  The Belgian
siblings have forged an impressive foothold in the international
cinema scene over the past 15 years or so, with a brand of
rigorous, concer