Rotten
Lorna's Silence doesn't work, but it's a beautiful misfire.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Lorna's Silence
The destiny of a woman caught between love and the laws of the underworld
2008 · 1h 45m · R
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
,
Luc Dardenne
Overview
Lorna is a young Albanian woman in a marriage of convenience with Claudy, a heroin addict. Just as Lorna is about to be granted Belgian citizenship, Claudy finds the strength to detox; this presents a problem not only for Lorna, but for the criminal who brokered the deal.
Director and cast
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne Director
- Luc Dardenne Director
- Arta Dobroshi as Lorna
- Jérémie Renier as Claudy
- Fabrizio Rongione as Fabio
- Alban Ukaj as Sokol
- Morgan Marinne as Spirou
- Anton Yakovlev as Andrei
- Olivier Gourmet as The Policeman
- Grigori Manoukov as Kostia
- Mireille Bailly as Monique Sobel
- Serge Larivière as Pharmacist
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As filmmakers, the Dardennes are more concerned with probing the causes of crime than in glamorizing it.
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
In casting the previously unknown Dobroshi, the brothers approach greatness with their lean portrait of simple humanity tested by desire and driven desperate by circumstances.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
The story within Lorna's Silence is built on tiny increments of tantalizing details, meted out in penurious droplets and with chest-tightening tension that suggests that what the brothers wanted to be when they grew up were boa constrictors.
John Anderson, Washington Post
Fresh
The Dardennes are masters of their brand of realist cinema. Over the years, the brothers' move from documentaries to narrative features has been handsomely rewarded.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
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