Lorna’s Silence

Sunday, March 19 - Tuesday, March 21, 2023

35mm print!

“From the outstanding Belgian filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (Rosetta), here’s another closely observed, sociologically astute, and amazingly naturalistic drama about moral compromise as a by-product of economic need. Lorna, an Albanian woman living in Belgium (played by the captivating Arta Dobroshi), sets out to achieve her capitalist dream of opening a snack bar with her Albanian boyfriend by letting a mobster broker a sham marriage to a local junkie (Jérémie Renier) for Belgian citizenship. As she ditches him to wed a Russian thug willing to pay big for his own legal entrée, LORNA’S SILENCE becomes a stunning study of one desperate woman’s conscience.” – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

Screening as part of “Brotherhood: The Films of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne“

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• Country Belgium
• Language French with English Subtitles
• Year 2008
• Running Time 105 minutes
• Distributor Sony Pictures Classics
• Director Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
• Cast Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Alban Ukaj

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