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22 May 2008 2:12 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Erica Abeel

Ever since "The Promise" in 1996, the prospect of a new film from Belgian siblings Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne has been cause for rejoicing. Impeccably constructed, uncompromising and emotionally searing, the Dardenne brothers' films give voice to a population often despised or ignored: illegal aliens, slumlords, corrupt officials and smalltime criminals. To their characters the brothers bring a compassionate view born of the understanding this underclass has, in part, been created by society's higher-ups. And though the pair might deny it, their films also suggest an ingrained Christian vision through insisting on the transformative possibility of the most debased being.

"The Silence of Lorna," their latest portrait, which premiered in Cannes, has failed to elicit the rapturous response received by some of the earlier work, such as the 2005 Palme d'Or winner "The Child." Yet despite an exposition that some found lengthy, the Dardennes bring great resonance to this

Erica Abeel

1 article from 2008