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Lorna's Silence (2009)

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Reviews Counted:82

Fresh:70

Rotten:12

Average Rating:7.2/10

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

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for brief sexuality/nudity, and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Jul 31, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: The destiny of a woman caught between love and the law of the underworld. Lorna, (Arta Dobroshi), a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has her sights set on opening a snack bar with her... The destiny of a woman caught between love and the law of the underworld.

Lorna, (Arta Dobroshi), a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has her sights set on opening a snack bar with her boyfriend, Sokol (Alban Ukaj). In order to do so, she becomes an accomplice in a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio (Fabrizio Rongione). Fabio has set up a false marriage between Lorna and Claudy (Jérémie Renier) allowing Lorna to get her Belgian citizenship. However, she is then asked to marry a Russian mafioso who's ready to pay hard cash to also get his hands on those vital Belgian identity papers. Fabio intends to kill Claudy in order to speed up the second marriage. But will Lorna remain silent?--© Sony Pictures Classics [More]

Starring: Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Rénier, Fabrizio Rongione, Alban Ukaj

Starring: Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Rénier, Fabrizio Rongione, Alban Ukaj, Morgan Marinne, Olivier Gourmet, Anton Yakovlev, Grigori Manukov, Mireille Bailly, Stephanie Gob

Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Screenwriter: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Producer: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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It's Lorna's evolution (charted through Dobroshi's uncompromising performance) that makes "Lorna's Silence" worth seeing. But the Dardennes shouldn't have been so deliberately stingy with the details of her story.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
11/13/09
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

...less a character study than the apparent breaking-in of a camera crew on a sad and sordid life.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
11/07/09
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

By scorning accessibility, the filmmakers unwittingly throw out the baby with the bathwater. After all, what's authentically human, if not high drama?

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
10/15/09
Graham Killeen
Graham Killeen
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Mirthless and deliberately paced, there's still enough in the well-acted Lorna's Silence to make it worth listening to.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment Comment
10/09/09
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune

The Dardennes have once again captured the harsh reality of the modern underclass while also injecting a note of moral hopefulness into what might have been a bleak and heartless tale.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
10/06/09
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Money -- not love or family -- is the (literal) currency that motivates social behavior; human relationships are reduced to financial transactions.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
10/02/09
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Lorna's Silence speaks volumes.

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
09/25/09
Chris Kaltenbach
Chris Kaltenbach
Baltimore Sun

A unique filmmaking style that resembles near-documentary realism. If you were not aware that this was a movie, you would think you were watching surveillance footage recorded by a sophisticated private investigation firm.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment 1 Comment
09/18/09
Keith Cohen
Keith Cohen
Entertainment Spectrum

Offers powerful emotional impact at unexpected moments.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
09/17/09
Josh Bell
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

Lorna’s Silence echoes long after the movie ends.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
09/11/09
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

With a more linear plot and steadier camerawork than previous efforts, Lorna's Silence is among the Dardennes' more accessible films, despite a drawn-out finale that still doesn't quite satisfy.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
09/11/09
Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan
Oregonian

In a just world, the Dardenne brothers would be as well known as the Coens; outside the United States they probably are already.

Full Review Source: Playback:stl | comment Comment
09/04/09
Sarah Boslaugh
Sarah Boslaugh
Playback:stl

More entertaining on a base level than a Belgian film about poor people has any right to be.

Full Review Source: SpoutBlog | comment Comment
09/03/09
Karina Longworth
Karina Longworth
SpoutBlog

Lorna's Silence doesn't work, but it's a beautiful misfire.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
09/03/09
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

As filmmakers, the Dardennes are more concerned with probing the causes of crime than in glamorizing it.

Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
09/03/09
Calvin Wilson
Calvin Wilson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I could see what they were trying to do, but it was a little too artsy and didn't really work for me.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
08/29/09
Austin Kennedy
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

The Dardennes are adroit at dangling the carrot, withholding just enough of the story's particulars to keep you curious without testing your patience.

Full Review Source: Washington City Paper | comment Comment
08/28/09
Tricia Olszewski
Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper

Lorna's Silence is an interesting and entertaining film that poses a more difficult moral dilemma than its authors might have intended.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
08/28/09
Sonny Bunch
Sonny Bunch
Washington Times

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.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
08/28/09
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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The film is spare, but intense.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
08/28/09
Liz Braun
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