Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Arta DobroshiLorna
- Jérémie RenierClaudy
- Fabrizio RongioneFabio
- Alban UkajSokol
- Morgan MarinneSpirou
- Anton YakovlevAndrei
- Olivier GourmetThe Policeman
- Grigori ManoukovKostia
- Mireille BaillyMonique Sobel
- Serge LarivièrePharmacist
Recommendations
- 100
New York Post
The androgynous Dobroshi is in nearly every scene. She has an exceptional screen presence that brings authority to her portrayal of a woman seeking redemption. As for the Dardennes, they prove yet again that nobody does human frailty the way they do. - 100
Los Angeles Times
A gritty, deceptively low-key, no-fuss, no-frills movie of consistent originality and surprise in which suspense arises straight up from the heroine's evolving character. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
A stunning study of one desperate woman's conscience. - 90
The New York Times
Lorna's Silence is engrossing and powerful, which may be just another way of saying it's a film by the Dardenne brothers. If it falls a bit short of the standards of their best work, that is only because it is not quite a masterpiece. - 83
The A.V. Club
Lorna's Silence feels like a refinement, even a repetition, of earlier themes. But the brothers are repeating themselves at such a high level that the redundancies are more than welcome. - 80
Variety
The film doesn't pack the same cumulative wallop as the brothers' earlier work, but its low-key artistry, immaculate construction and fine performance by relative newcomer Arta Dobroshi should rouse the usual fest acclaim and arthouse interest. - 80
Wall Street Journal
Like earlier Dardenne films, Lorna’s Silence is naturalistic, yet this one, beautifully shot in 35 mm film by Alain Marcoen, achieves a poetry of bereftness. - 80
Slate
Something between a love story and a religious morality tale. The hauntingly ambiguous last scene, in which Lorna finds a place of temporary respite from the economic forces that have determined so much of her life, may be the saddest happy ending I've ever seen.
