2009
R
Sony Pictures Classics
1 h 45 m

2009
R
Sony Pictures Classics
1 h 45 m

Summary The destiny of a woman caught between love and the law of the underworld. Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has her sights set on opening a snack bar with her boyfriend, Sokol. In order to do so, she becomes an accomplice in a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio. Fabio has set up a false marriage between Lorna and Cla...

Drama

Directed By: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Written By: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

2009
R
Sony Pictures Classics
1 h 45 m

2009
R
Sony Pictures Classics
1 h 45 m

Lorna's Silence

Name: Lorna's Silence
Genre: Drama
Released: 2009-07-31
Duration: 1 min 45 s
Rating: 80
Cast: Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Alban Ukaj, Morgan Marinne

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings

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Directed By: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Written By: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

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Los Angeles Times

A gritty, deceptively low-key, no-fuss, no-frills movie of consistent originality and surprise in which suspense arises straight up from the heroine's evolving character.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

On a deeper level, the Dardennes' film offers a portrait of a fragile yet determined woman set on making a home for herself in the world, even as that world unravels before her eyes.

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The A.V. Club

Lorna's Silence feels like a refinement, even a repetition, of earlier themes. But the brothers are repeating themselves at such a high level that the redundancies are more than welcome.

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Wall Street Journal

Like earlier Dardenne films, Lorna’s Silence is naturalistic, yet this one, beautifully shot in 35 mm film by Alain Marcoen, achieves a poetry of bereftness.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This isn't just another crime story, and it would be misleading to suggest that it has anything to do with stylish gunplay, exhilarating car chases or brutal fistfights.

By Calvin Wilson FULL REVIEW

NPR

Watching Lorna's attempt to balance self-interest and empathy can be heartbreaking. If Lorna's Silence as a whole doesn't rank among the Dardennes's best, it does follow the money to moments and characters that are unforgettable.

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Miami Herald

Lorna's Silence doesn't work, but it's a beautiful misfire.

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Production Company Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 35, Lucky Red, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), Arte France Cinéma, WDR/Arte, Gemini Film, Mogador Film, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Télédistributeurs Wallons, Eurimages, Canal+, CinéCinéma, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Région Wallone, Soficinéma 3, Tax Shelter ING Invest de Tax Shelter Productions, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, i2i Media Programme

Release Date Jul 31, 2009

Duration 1 h 45 m

Rating R

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Drama

Website http://www.diaphana.fr/fiche.php?pkfilms=171

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Awards

Cannes Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

International Cinephile Society Awards

• 2 Nominations

Lumiere Awards, France

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Arta Dobroshi

Lorna

Jérémie Renier

Claudy Moreau

Fabrizio Rongione

Fabio

Alban Ukaj

Sokol

Morgan Marinne

Spirou

Olivier Gourmet

L'inspecteur

Anton Yakovlev

Andrei

Grigori Manoukov

Kostia

Mireille Bailly

Monique Sobel

Stéphanie Gob

Nurse

Laurent Caron

Commissaire

Baptiste Somin

Morgue Attendant

Alexandre Trocky

Doctor

Cédric Lenoir

Bank Attendant

Cécile Boland

Female Doctor

Serge Larivière

Pharmacist

Philippe Jeusette

Locksmith

Sophia Leboutte

Claudy's Mother

François Sauveur

Claudy's Brother

Christian Lusschentier

Male Nurse in Emergency Room

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