The Silence of Lorna (2008)

Recommended

Belgium/France/Italy/Germany

Feature Film

Original Title: Le silence de Lorna

Writer/Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Cinematographer: Alain Marcoen

Cast: Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Alban Ukaj

An Albanian immigrant, just about to achieve Belgian citizenship, begins to have second thoughts about her part in the potential murder of her junkie husband, whom she married to gain citizenship, when he decides to kick his habit, much to the chagrin of the ruthless gangsters that she is involved with, leaving her with a number of difficult decisions to make, in the Dardenne Brothers (surprisingly) plot-packed thriller, a gripping examination of guilt and consequence. Iain.Stott