The Silence of Lorna DVD & Download
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The latest film from double Palme d’Or winners the Dardenne brothers won the Best Screenplay award at the 2008 Cannes Festival.
Lorna is an Albanian immigrant who has contracted a fake marriage with Claudy (played by Dardenne regular Jérémie Renier) to obtain citizenship. The Russian Mafia are also involved and Lorna’s conscience is suddenly awakened when she connects with Claudy as a human. But she cannot remove herself from the plot so easily.
This is both a thriller and a deep exploration of a troubled soul graced by remarkable performances from newcomer Arta Dobroshi and Renier.
DVD includes interviews with the Dardenne Brothers and with Arta Dobroshi
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Director
Filmography Selected
Jean-Pierre Dardenne was born in Engis, Belgium, in April 1951.
Luc Dardenne was born in Awirs, Belgium, in March 1954.
They made numerous documentaries. In 1975, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne founded the company “DERIVES,” which has since produced some 60 documentaries, including their own. In 1994, they founded the production company Les Films Du Fleuve.
1987 FALSCH
1992 I THINK OF YOU (Je pense à vous)
1996 THE PROMISE (La Promesse)
1999 ROSETTA Winner - Cannes 1999 - Palme d’Or
Winner - Cannes 1999 - Best Actress for Emilie Dequenne
2002 THE SON (Le Fils) Winner - Cannes 2002 - Best Actor for Olivier Gourmet
2005 THE CHILD (L’Enfant) Winner - Cannes 2005 - Palme d’Or
2008 THE SILENCE OF LORNA (Le Silence de Lorna) Winner – Cannes 2008 – Best Screenplay
Written and Directed by........Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
First Assistant Director.........Caroline Tambour
Director of Photography.......Alain Marcoen s.b.c.
Camera Operator................Benoit Dervaux
First assistant camera .........Benoît Rizzotti
Editor.................................Marie-Hélène Dozo
Sound Engineer..................Jean-Pierre Duret
Sound Editor......................Julie Brenta
Sound Mixer.......................Thomas Gauder
Production Designer............Igor Gabriel
Costume Designer..............Monic Parelle
Key Make-Up Artist.............Natali Tabareau-Vieuille
Location Manager...............Philippe Groff
Production Manager............Delphine Tomson
Stills Photographer.............Christine Plenus
Produced by......................Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Executive Producer.............Olivier Bronckart
Co-Producer......................Andrea Occhipinti
Associate Producers...........Arlette Zylberberg (RTBF), Sabine de Mardt (Gemini Film), Cristoph Thoke (Mogador Film), Stefano Massenzi (Lucky Red)
A co-production LES FILMS DU FLEUVE, ARCHIPEL 35, LUCKY RED, RTBF (Belgian TV), ARTE France Cinéma and ARTE/WDR
In association with GEMINI FILM, MOGADOR FILM
With the support of CENTRE DU CINEMA ET DE L’AUDIOVISUEL, DE LA COMMUNAUTE FRANCAISE DE BELGIQUE ET DES TELEDISTRIBUTEURS WALLONS, and EURIMAGES,
With the participation of CANAL +, CINECINEMA, LA REGION WALLONNE (WALLIMAGE), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA CINEMATOGRAPHIE (France) Casa Kafka and Inver Invest, TAX-SHELTER DU GOUVERNEMENT FEDERAL BELGE, TAX-SHELTER ING Invest de Tax Shelter Productions, Programme MEDIA Plus de la Communauté Européenne, Programme MEDIA i2i audiovisuel, LA LOTERIE NATIONALE DE BELGIQUE and SOFICINEMA 3.
CAST Lorna..............Arta Dobroshi
Claudy.....................Jérémie Renier
Fabio Fabrizio............Rongione
Sokol.......................Alban Ukaj
Spirou......................Morgan Marinne
Policeman................Olivier Gourmet
Andreï.....................Anton Yakovlev
Kostia..................... Grigori Manoukov
Monique Sobel......... Mireille Bailly
Mental health nurse..Stéphanie Gob
Detective.................Laurent Caron
Morgue employee.....Baptiste Sornin
Doctor.....................Alexandre Trocky
Male bank clerk........Cédric Lenoir
Female doctor..........Cécile Boland
Pharmacist...............Serge Larivière
Locksmith................Philippe Jeusette
Claudy's mother.......Sophia Leboutte
Claudy's brother.......François Sauveur
★★★★★
Dobroshi gives a terrific performance, as does Renier, making his third appearance in a film by the Dardennes, who once again show themselves to be masters of turning grim social realities into deep explorations of human behaviour.
Dave Calhoun Time Out - read the full review
Its bold intelligence and profound compassion constitute film-making of the very highest order...characteristically audacious and topically relevant...the movie rewards on several levels
Geoff Andrew London Film Festival
Masters of contemporary humanist cinema ...moral...profound...deeply moving... Dobroshi is a revelation
Sukhdev Sandhu The Daily Telegraph
Unclassifiable, accomplished and mysteriously enjoyable.
Robert Hanks The Independent
This latest film from the Dardenne brothers is powerfully conceived, and performed with fervency and conviction.
Peter Bradshaw The Guardian
★★★★
The Silence of Lorna won Best Screenplay at this year’s Cannes Festival but the Dardenne brothers’ latest slice of grim Belgian life could have taken its pick of the prizes. This is a spare and exquisite slice-of-life thriller
James Christopher The Times
You know you're in the hands of masters
Jonathan Romney The Independent on Sunday
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