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Lorna's Silence is a belge film of genre Drama directed by Frères Dardenne released in USA on 31 july 2009 with Arta Dobroshi
Lorna's Silence (2008)
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Add to a movie listLorna's Silence (French: Le silence de Lorna) is a 2008 drama film by the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. It was the winner of the 2008 LUX Prize.
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Synopsis
Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, is in sham marriage with a drug addict named Claudy who accepted her money to become her husband. Lorna's dream is to own a snack bar with her boyfriend, Sokol. In order to see this dream fulfilled, she agrees to have another fake marriage with a Russian man, but Claudy is in the way. Fabio, the one who orchestrated the whole plan, will not wait for Lorna and Claudy's divorce.Actors
Arta Dobroshi
(Lorna)
Jérémie Rénier
(Claudy)
Fabrizio Rongione
(Fabio)
Olivier Gourmet
(The Policeman)
Morgan Marinne
(Spirou)
Serge Larivière
(Pharmacist)
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