Dardenne brothers
Producer, Actor, and Director
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire...presented so unpleasantly, so often, that you'll think twice about your next KFC variety bucket. Europeans, notably Belgium's Dardenne brothers, have told versions of this story, more soberly and observationally. Realism, though, isn't... In this article: Sapphire, Lee Daniels, Carrie, Mo'Nique, Phat Girlz, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Two Women, Harlem, and Essence |
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San Francisco Chronicle | October 04, 2009
'The Girl on the Train'
...with the man's 13-year-old grandson. The film is partly a character study and partly a portrait of a society struggling with racism and a predatory media. Viewers might remember Belgian actress Dequenne from the Dardenne brothers' "Rosetta."
In this article: Emilie Dequenne, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Andre Techine, Catherine Deneuve, Rosetta, and France
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 02, 2009
Polanski's political thriller
...a who's who of 21st-century cinema. Signatories include Pedro Almodovar, Wim Wenders, Emir Kusturica, Darren Aronofsky, the Dardenne brothers, the Polish Oscar-winning director Andrzej Wajda, David Lynch, and actors including Italy's Monica...
In this article: Roman Polanski, Steve Cooley, Oscar, United States, Philippe Mora, Winona Ryder, and Hollywood
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The Chronicle | September 23, 2009
Lorna's Silence
...capitalist cannibals, however, Lorna is forced to choose between her feigned apathy and innate compassion. Adding to the Dardenne brothers' stack of Palme d'Or's for past films such as Rosetta and L'Enfant, Lorna's Silence won best...
In this article: IP Address, Rosetta, Liege, Belgium, and Belgium
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | September 12, 2009
Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold, 124 mins, (15)
...its last stretch, the film takes a different direction, towards the kind of soul-wrenching crisis that tends to climax the Dardenne brothers' films. Arnold gives us a genuinely nerve-wracking sequence on the Essex marshes, but at the last...
In this article: Andrea Arnold, Red Road, Michael Fassbender, and Britain
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Miami Herald | September 03, 2009
Review Lorna's Silence (R) **1/2
...Rongione, left, as the hustler and Arta Dobroshi as Lorna try to strike a deal with Russian mobsters. Belgian filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have become festival darlings with rigorously minimal ethical thrillers. Their...
In this article: Jeremie Renier, Rosetta, Arta Dobroshi, Oscar, Bradley Cooper, Miami-Dade County, All About Steve, and The Hangover
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thestar.com | August 28, 2009
Lorna's Silence: Eyes tell tragic tale
...that communicates as well as the eyes of Arta Dobroshi as the title keeper of secrets. Her gaze in this film by Belgium's gifted Dardenne brothers shifts from the flat affect of one denying access to looks of concern, compassion and finally...
In this article: Princ Dobroshi, Belgium, and Kosovo
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The Seattle Times | August 27, 2009
'Lorna's Silence' speaks loudly about lives without hope
...life in a quiet bubble, letting nothing affect her anymore. In "Lorna's Silence," the latest grim but gripping drama from the Dardenne brothers ("The Child," "Rosetta"), the heroine has made an intricate, paid arrangement with a mobster:...
In this article: Rosetta, Arta Dobroshi, Jeremie Renier, and Seattle Times
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Houston Chronicle | August 22, 2009
Dardenne brothers' bond helps them create masterpieces
...wide smiles while an interpreter translates their French into English. Both are wearing T-shirts. Jean-Pierre, at 58 three years older than his brother, has on a striped one; Luc's is black. Like married couple, they finish each other's...
In this article: Arta Dobroshi, Joel Coen, Belgium, Princ Dobroshi, Jeremie Renier, and Rosetta
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Chicago Tribune | August 14, 2009
'Lorna's Silence' -- 3 stars
...Fabrizio Rongione (Fabio) A Sony Pictures Classics release. Written and directed by: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Produced by the Dardenne brothers and Denis Freyd. In French with English subtitles. Posted at 02:57:18 PM in...
In this article: Arta Dobroshi, Sony Pictures Classics, Liege, Belgium, and Kosovo
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New York Times | July 31, 2009
Movie Review 'Lorna's Silence': In an Industrial Belgian City, an Immigrant's Brutal Dilemma
...left, plays an Albanian immigrant in Belgium, and Jeremie Renier a drug addict, in "Lorna's Silence," the new film by the Dardenne brothers. In an Industrial Belgian City, an Immigrant's Brutal Dilemma "Lorna's Silence" is the new film...
In this article: Jeremie Renier, Arta Dobroshi, The Son, Belgium, Capitalism, Cannes Film Festival, and Sony Pictures Classics
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Jean-Pierre Dardenne (born April 21 1951 in Liège, Belgium) and his younger brother Luc Dardenne (born March 10, 1954 in Liège, Belgium) are a critically acclaimed Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce and direct their films together.
The Dardennes began making narrative and documentary films in the late 1970s, but they first came to international attention in the mid-1990s with La Promesse (The Promise). They won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. All their films since have played at the Cannes main competition and won one of the major prizes.
In 2002, Olivier Gourmet won Best Actor at Cannes for the Dardennes' 'Le Fils' ("The Son") In 2005, they won the Palme d'Or a second time for their film L’Enfant (The Child). Their latest film, Le silence de Lorna (The Silence of Lorna), won best screenplay at the 2008 Cannes festival and is being released in Europe in the fall.
- Name At Birth:
- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Birth Date:
- March 10, 1954
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