Lorna's Silence

Lorna's Silence

2008 · 105 min · FR · 6.8 (136 votes)
Dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne · Starring Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Alban Ukaj, Morgan Marinne, Anton Yakovlev
CrimeDrama

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.

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A stark, unflinching look at desperation and the compromises people make to survive. It's a tense, morally gray drama that leaves you feeling the weight of its characters' difficult choices.

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