Lorna's Silence
Lorna's Silence is a 2008 drama film by the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. It was the winner of the 2008 LUX Prize, as well as the Best Screenplay Award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, is in a sham marriage with a drug addict named Claudy. She dreams of owning a snack bar with her boyfriend, Sokol, and agrees to have another fake marriage with a Russian man to earn the money for it. Fabio, a petty criminal who orchestrated the whole plan, pressures Lorna to kill Claudy via an overdose. Moved by Claudy's determination to stay clean, Lorna pleads with Fabio to hold off with the plan.
Awards
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| author | Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne |
|---|---|
| award | Lux Prize |
| contentLocation | Liège |
| director | Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne |
| editor | Marie-Hélène Dozo |
| events | sham marriage |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | abuse albania baby bank account cabin in the woods collect drug addict drug dealer drug rehabilitation fake marriage gas station kill meet petty criminal run russian man snack bar time skip urinate |
| nomination | European Film Award for Best Actress Lux Prize |
| producer | Denis Freyd Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne |
| productionCompany | Les Films du Fleuve |
| publisher | Cinéart |
| recordedAt | Liège Liège-Guillemins railway station |