India, Nov. 2 -- No process tests the spirit like motherhood does. A body in continuous transition for nine months for humans. Even the non-mothers know that growing a foetus inside takes a toll and might even change the body's anatomy for good. Add to this the cocktail of adolescence and you have an impending train wreck.

In Young Mothers, a French feature directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne - referred to as the Dardenne Brothers - and screened at the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) 2025, we have four teenagers navigating their motherhood while dealing with addiction, love, unstable parents and absent partners.

The girls - Jessica, Perla, Julie and Araine, played by Babette Verbeek, Lucie Laruelle, Elsa Hou...