http://www.takepart.com/2008/05/19/film-247-at-cannes-film-festival-jia-zhangkes-24-city/ Socially conscious entertainment from the company behind AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR and THE KITE RUNNER. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:43:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.takepart.com/2008/05/19/film-247-at-cannes-film-festival-jia-zhangkes-24-city/#comment-8677 Film 24/7 at Cannes Film Festival : Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE’s “Le Silence de Lorna” | TakePart Blog Network Tue, 20 May 2008 16:27:36 +0000 http://blogs.takepart.com/2008/05/19/film-247-at-cannes-film-festival-jia-zhangkes-24-city/#comment-8677 [...] Cannes continues on and yesterday saw the premiere the latest by the Dardenne Brothers, Lorna’s Silence. The brothers (to the right) from Belgium are best known for their realist and disorientating visions of working people: Palme d’Or laureates for Rosetta in 1999 and L’Enfant (The Child) in 2005, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne return to Festival Competition with Lorna’s Silence. The filmmaking brothers have also served as Presidents of the Cinéfondation and Short Films Juries (in 2000) and of the Caméra d’Or Jury in 2006. In their latest feature, they take another plunge into their hometown, Liège, Belgium, to explore the character of Lorna, a young Albanian woman drawn by love into a sordid plot. The predicament will quickly take on tragic proportions, and the weight of silence will become increasingly heavy to bear. [CANNES] [...] [...] Cannes continues on and yesterday saw the premiere the latest by the Dardenne Brothers, Lorna’s Silence. The brothers (to the right) from Belgium are best known for their realist and disorientating visions of working people: Palme d’Or laureates for Rosetta in 1999 and L’Enfant (The Child) in 2005, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne return to Festival Competition with Lorna’s Silence. The filmmaking brothers have also served as Presidents of the Cinéfondation and Short Films Juries (in 2000) and of the Caméra d’Or Jury in 2006. In their latest feature, they take another plunge into their hometown, Liège, Belgium, to explore the character of Lorna, a young Albanian woman drawn by love into a sordid plot. The predicament will quickly take on tragic proportions, and the weight of silence will become increasingly heavy to bear. [CANNES] [...]

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