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Lorna's Silence

Play trailer Poster for Lorna's Silence R,  2009,  1h 45m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 84% 94 Reviews Tomatometer 69% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
84% Tomatometer 94 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Lorna (Arta Dobroshi), a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has hopes of opening a café with her boyfriend, an itinerant worker who visits when he can. She marries Claudy, a local junkie, to secure legal residency and collaborates with Fabio (Fabrizio Rongione), a low-life cab driver who arranges a hefty payoff for her to marry a Russian mobster. Lorna wants to divorce Claudy; but Fabio wants him to overdose. She knows nothing of the threatening underworld in which she will be enmeshed.
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Critics Consensus

Subtle and emotionally bleak, this gripping thriller features the Dardenne brothers' recognizable penchant for realism and very strong performances.

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Keith Uhlich Time Out Nov 17, 2011
5/5
A soul-crushing weight rests upon Lorna (Dobroshi), the Albanian-immigrant heroine of the Dardenne brothers' stunning proletarian character study. Go to Full Review
Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Sep 11, 2009
3/5
Lorna's Silence echoes long after the movie ends. Go to Full Review
Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sep 3, 2009
3/4
As filmmakers, the Dardennes are more concerned with probing the causes of crime than in glamorizing it. Go to Full Review
David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Feb 13, 2021
The filmmakers tend to confuse flatness with realism. For the most part, the characters are unappealing and the brothers treat them coldly. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 14, 2020
3.5/4.0
The Dardenne's are unafraid to show the darkness of humanity. Go to Full Review
Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) Jan 23, 2018
In a Hollywood thriller, we might encounter a conniving wife in league with a vicious gang of con men. Here, the Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc, contrive a richer scenario. Go to Full Review
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Draco W Dec 30, 2018 Lorna didn't seem all that silent if you ask me. I found this movie quite convincing and well acted however it was too slow for my taste and it didn't really give a moral I think. See more
Leia L Jun 11, 2017 the mob tries always to find plot and trickeries to make money "not working" but the work they do is so dark, stupid, and demanding that often they will have people defect in spite of the risk for their own lives. Here, the whore gets the guy they were using for easy profit and tries to save his life. But she is obvious and does not realise right away what kind of evils she is working for. A bit of a Soprano serie with a less positive view of the stupid mobsters and a naive participant that grows a little less so. Yep, they don't bring you in the woods to show you the birds. See more
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Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Director

Luc Dardenne

Director

Arta Dobroshi

Lorna

Jérémie Renier

Claudy Moreau

Fabrizio Rongione

Fabio

Alban Ukaj

Sokol

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Synopsis Lorna (Arta Dobroshi), a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has hopes of opening a café with her boyfriend, an itinerant worker who visits when he can. She marries Claudy, a local junkie, to secure legal residency and collaborates with Fabio (Fabrizio Rongione), a low-life cab driver who arranges a hefty payoff for her to marry a Russian mobster. Lorna wants to divorce Claudy; but Fabio wants him to overdose. She knows nothing of the threatening underworld in which she will be enmeshed.
Director
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Producer
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd, Olivier Bronckart
Screenwriter
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
arte France Cinéma, RTBF, Arte, Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 35, Lucky Red, WDR
Rating
R (Language|Brief Sexuality|Nudity)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Albanian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 31, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$337.7K
Runtime
1h 45m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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