The Festival de Cannes 2025 presented Young Mothers by Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, The Mastermind by Kelly Reichardt, and 13 Days 13 Nights by Martin Bourboulon. The Mastermind by Kelly Reichardt features Josh O’Connor as an unemployed carpenter who turns to amateur art theft. Young Mothers, the challenges of motherhoodThe brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne need no introduction. Young Mothers is one of the filmmakers’ signature works, offering a poignant and uncompromising glimpse of young people confronted with immense responsibilities. Young Mothers aligns itself perfectly with this stylistic signature, focusing on a young woman’s struggle for survival and dignity.