Lorna’s Silence

In order to become the owner of a snack bar together with her boyfriend, Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, becomes an accomplice to a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio. Fabio has orchestrated a sham marriage between her and Claudy. The marriage will allow her to obtain Belgian citizenship and then marry a Russian mafioso willing to pay a lot ofmoney to acquire citizenship quickly. However, for this secondmarriage to be possible, Fabio has planned to kill Claudy. In the meantime, Lorna and Claudy develop an intimate, human relationship.
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Script: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Cinematography: Alain Marcoen
Editing: Marie-Helene Dozo
Sound: Jean-Pierre Duret
Music: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Actors: Arta Dobroshi (Lorna), Jeremie Renier (Claudy), Fabrizio Rongione (Fabio), Alban Ukaj (Sokol), Morgan Marinne (Spirou)
Production: Les Films du Fleuve
Co-production: Archipel 25, Lucky Red, RTBF, Arte France Cinema, ARTE/WDR
Costumes: Monic Parelle
Production Design: Delphine Thomson
Sets: Igor Gabriel
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: Belgium-France-Italy
Production Year: 2008
Duration: 105
Distribution in Greece: Seven Films, Ioannis DrepasT.-F. +30 210 3818777drepas@sevenfims.grwww.sevenfilms.gr
Contact: Celluloid Dreams, FranceT. +33 1 7970 0370F. +33 1 4970 0371info@celluloid-dreams.comwww.celluloid-dreams.com

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Luc Dardenne

Jean-Pierre Dardenne was born in Engis, Belgium in April 1951. Luc Dardenne was born in Awirs, Belgium in March 1954. In 1975, they founded the production company Derives which has since produced some sixty documentaries, including their own. They first came to international attention in the mid-1990s with The Promise. They won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d’Or at the 1999 Cannes IFF. All their films since have played at the Cannes main competition and won one of the major prizes. In 1994, they founded the production company "Les Films du Fleuve".

Filmography

1978 The Song of the Nightingale/Le chant du rossignol (doc.)
1979 When Leon M.’s Boat Sailed down the Meuse for the First Time/Lorsque le bateau de Leon M. descendit la Meuse pour la premiere fois (doc.)
1980 For theWar to End, theWalls Had to Fall/Pour que la guerre s’acheve, les murs devaient s’ecrouler (doc.)
1981 R…doesn’t Answer Anymore/R…ne repond plus (doc.)
1982 Lessons of a Flying University/Lecons d’une universite volante (doc.)
1983 Look at Jonathan. Jonathan receives a “lesson” /Regard Jonathan/Jean Louvet, son oeuvre (doc.)
1986 Falsch
1987 TheWorld’s Racing/Il Court, il court le monde (short)
1992 You’re on My Mind/Je Pense a vous
1996 The Promise /La Promesse
1999 Rosetta
2002 The Son /Le Fils
2005 The Child /L’Enfant
2007 Darkness /Dans l’Obscurite (short)
2008 Lorna’s Silence/Le Silence de Lorna