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Lorna's Silence (2008)

Lorna's Silence (2008)

Drama Crime

The destiny of a woman caught between love and the laws of the underworld.

Release Date: 2008, August 27
Directors: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Countries: Belgium, Germany, France, Italy
Production: Archipel 33>35, Sony Pictures Classics, Les Films du Fleuve, Lucky Red
Cast: Anton Yakovlev, Jérémie Renier, Serge Larivière, Fabrizio Rongione, Laurent Caron, Olivier Gourmet, Alban Ukaj, Baptiste Sornin, Grigori Manoukov, Morgan Marinne, Mireille Bailly, Arta Dobroshi

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

gangster social realism junkie immigrant taxi driver albanian conscience belgium fake marriage fictitious marriage