Lorna's Silence
2008 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 6.8 · 83% critics
A young immigrant enters a marriage of convenience to secure citizenship, expecting everything to go as planned. When her new husband begins to turn his life around, she’s pulled into a tense struggle between personal conscience, survival, and the criminals who arranged the deal.
Also known as The Silence of Lorna
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Details
- Original title
- Le Silence de Lorna
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-08-27
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (166 votes)
About
If you like intimate, hard-edged dramas about survival and moral compromise, this should land, especially if you enjoyed Rosetta or Two Days, One Night; Not for you if you want light escapism or clear-cut heroes.
Pros: tense moral dilemmas; grounded realism; strong emotional pull | Cons: bleak tone; slow-burn pacing; limited warmth
Themes
- immigrant
- fictitious marriage
- gangster
- taxi driver
- junkie
- belgium
- conscience
- albanian
- social realism
- fake marriage
Awards & recognition
- Lux Prize · 2008
- European Film Award — Best Actress · 2008 · nominated
- Lux Prize · 2008 · nominated
Cast & crew
Arta Dobroshi
as Lorna
Jérémie Renier
as Claudy
Fabrizio Rongione
as Fabio
Alban Ukaj
as Sokol
Morgan Marinne
as Spirou
Anton Yakovlev
as Andrei
Olivier Gourmet
as The Policeman
Grigori Manoukov
as Kostia
Mireille Bailly
as Monique Sobel
Serge Larivière
as Pharmacist
Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne