Lorna's Silence (2008)

[lsanderson]

Arta Dobroshi, left, plays an Albanian immigrant in Belgium, and Jérémie Renier a drug addict, in “Lorna’s Silence,” the new film by the Dardenne brothers.
July 31, 2009
In an Industrial Belgian City, an Immigrant’s Brutal Dilemma
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: July 31, 2009

“Lorna’s Silence” is the new film written and directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgian brothers whose highly recognizable, frequently imitated style has won them recognition nearly everywhere in the world. A predictable but unfortunate exception is the United States, where the audience for challenging movies from other countries seems to shrink by the month. Mention of the Dardennes, which elsewhere might elicit a nod of the head, is here more likely to be met with furrowed brows. More