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Jean-Pierre
Dardenne and Luc Dardenne |
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Director / Producer /
Screenwriter |
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Jean-Pierre
1951 - | Luc 1954 - |
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Jean-Pierre
Born
April 21, Engis, Prov. Liege, Belgium | Luc Born March 10, Awirs,
Belgium |
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Key
Production Countries: Belgium, France |
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Key Genres:
Drama, Social Problem Film, Psychological Drama |
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Key
Collaborators:
Olivier Gourmet (Leading Player),
Alain Marcoen (Cinematographer), Marie-Helene Dozo (Editor), Jeremie
Renier (Leading Player), Fabrizio Rongione (Leading Player), Denis Freyd
(Producer), Mireille Bailly (Character Player), Igor
Gabriel (Production Designer), Frederic Bodson (Character Player), Morgan Marinne (Leading Player) |
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Highly Recommended:
Rosetta (1999), The Son (2002)^, The Kid
with a Bike (2011) |
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Recommended:
La Promesse (1996), L'Enfant (2005)^ |
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Worth a Look: Lorna's Silence (2008) |
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Listed in TSPDT's
21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films
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Links: [
Amazon
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IMDB: Jean-Pierre ] [
IMDB: Luc ] [
TCMDB: Jean-Pierre ] [
TCMDB: Luc ] [
All-Movie
Guide: Jean-Pierre ] [
All-Movie
Guide: Luc ] [
Cineuropa Interview (2005) ] [
Wikipedia ] [
kamera Interview ] [
Strictly Film School ] [
Film-Philosophy Article (2009) ] [
Reverse Shot Interview ] [
Guardian/NFT Interview (2006) ] |
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Books:
[
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Contemporary Film Directors)
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Committed Cinema: The Films of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne: Essays and
Interviews
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"The
universe of the Dardenne brothers - one of austerity,
poverty and crime - is a world away from the mussels and
beer stereotypes of theme-bar Belgium... The Dardennes'
films are characterized by a certain raw energy and by
similar themes, settings and visual idioms. Their characters
exist on the margins of society - black marketeers, illegal
immigrants, minimum-wage earners - and are locked into
painful, unresolved issues with either their parents or
their children."
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Lloyd Hughes (The Rough Guide to Film,
2007) |
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"Often,
the best material lies in the small struggles of everyday
reality, the daily dramas parents, kids, and teens overcome
to carve out a decent life. Brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc
Dardenne have turned these tiny tales into compelling
cinema. Operating from a decayed working-class slagheap town
in Belgium, they moved from documentary to fiction for their
stories of socially excluded individuals confronted with
moral choices... The Dardennes' films hardly have dialogue;
their characters don't make big speeches. Instead, their
camera says it all, simple and effective, with respect. In
doing so they achieve the pressing social relevance that all
realist cinema aims for." -
Ernest Mathijs (501 Movie Directors: A
Comprehensive Guide to the Greatest Filmmakers, 2007) |
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"The
Belgian social realists Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
fabricate simple but not simplistic human dramas examining
the moral and ethical dilemmas of working-class characters
scraping together a meager existence in the brothers'
hometown of Liège." -
Andrew Bailey (Cinema Now, 2007)
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""In order to
film what you want to show on a face or a body, you first
have to decide what you want to hide." -
Jean-Pierre Dardenne |
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