Luc Dardenne

Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne (born 21 April 1951) and Luc Dardenne (born 10 March 1954), collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together. The Dardennes began making narrative and documentary films in the late 1970s. They came to international attention in the mid-1990s with La Promesse (The Promise). They won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Their work tends to reflect left-wing themes and points-of-view. In 2002, Olivier Gourmet won Best Actor at Cannes for the Dardennes' Le Fils (The Son). In 2005, they won the Palme d'Or a second time for their film L'Enfant (The Child), putting them in an elite club, at the time, of only seven. Their film, Le Silence de Lorna (Lorna's Silence), won Best Screenplay at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was released in Europe in the fall. Their film The Kid with a Bike won the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, received one Golden Globe nomination and eight Magritte Award nominations. Jean-Pierre was the jury president for the Cinéfoundation and Short Films sections of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. In 2015, their film Deux jours, une nuit (Two Days, One Night) received nine Magritte Award nominations (winning three) and one Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Marion Cotillard. Their 2019 feature Young Ahmed won them the Best Director Award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Their 2022 film Tori and Lokita won the 75th Anniversary Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Creators of intensely naturalistic films about working class life in Belgium, brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne have created a notable body of work since 1996. With La Promesse (The Promise) (1996), Rosetta (1999), Le Fils (The Son) (2002), and L'Enfant (The Child) (2005), the Dardennes' films show young people at the fringes of society – immigrants, the unemployed, the inhabitants of shelters. Both Rosetta and L'Enfant were awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the only two Belgian films ever to earn the honor. The Dardennes were born and raised in Seraing in Liege, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium. Jean-Pierre (born in 1951) studied drama while Luc (born three years later) studied philosophy. In 1975 they established Derives, the production company that produced the roughly sixty documentary films they made before branching into feature films. These films covered such topics as Polish immigration, World War II resistance, a general strike in 1960. Their first two feature films, however, are rarely seen today: Falsch (1987) adapted from René Kalisky, featuring Bruno Cremer and Je pense a vous (1992). The Dardennes had their first international success with La Promesse (The Promise) in 1996. ... Source: Article "Dardenne brothers" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Crew

Rosetta

(Producer)

Rosetta

(Screenplay)

Rosetta

(Director)

The Child

(Director)

The Child

(Producer)

La Promesse

(Director)

La Promesse

(Writer)

Lorna's Silence

(Screenplay)

Lorna's Silence

(Director)

The Ax

(Producer)

The Son

(Writer)

The Son

(Director)

To Each His Own Cinema

(Director)

Tori and Lokita

(Producer)

The Kid with a Bike

(Screenplay)

The Kid with a Bike

(Director)

The Kid with a Bike

(Producer)

Thinking of You

(Director)

Falsch

(Director)

Le Chant du rossignol

(Director)

R... Doesn't Answer Anymore

(Editor)

R... Doesn't Answer Anymore

(Director of Photography)

Regard Jonathan/Jean Louvet, son oeuvre

(Camera Operator)

Falsch

(Screenplay)

Il court, il court, le monde

(Screenplay)

Bloody Eyes

(Screenplay)

Lessons from a University on the Fly

(Director of Photography)

Regard Jonathan/Jean Louvet, son oeuvre

(Editor)

Thinking of You

(Screenplay)

White Elephant

(Thanks)

When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

(Sound)

A Letter to Elia

(Thanks)

The Writing on the Wall

(Producer)

The Sisters Brothers

(Thanks)

Gigi, Monica... et Bianca

(Executive Producer)

Thinking of You

(Producer)

Gigi, Monica... et Bianca

(Producer)

Brook by Brook

(Co-Producer)

Faute de soleil

(Co-Producer)

The Son

(Producer)

The Milk of Human Kindness

(Co-Producer)

L'héritier

(Executive Producer)

Vous êtes de la police ?

(Co-Producer)

Lorna's Silence

(Producer)

La devinière

(Line Producer)

Romances de terre et d'eau

(Producer)

The Colonel

(Producer)

Life, Differently

(Executive Producer)

Children Without a Shadow

(Executive Producer)

The Front Line

(Producer)

Rwanda, les collines parlent

(Producer)

Premier Jour

(Producer)

K.O.R.

(Producer)

Paul Sanchez Is Back!

(Co-Producer)

Why We Can't See Each Other Outside When the Sun is Shining

(Producer)

My Night

(Co-Producer)

Fatwa

(Co-Producer)

The Line

(Co-Producer)

Carnivores

(Co-Producer)

Hedi

(Co-Producer)

Diary of a Chambermaid

(Co-Producer)

Good Luck Sam

(Producer)

Behind the Clouds

(Co-Producer)

Red Soil

(Co-Producer)

Rust and Bone

(Co-Producer)

Les Cowboys

(Co-Producer)

Pericle

(Co-Producer)

The Most Precious of Cargoes

(Co-Producer)

À ciel ouvert

(Co-Producer)

Marina

(Co-Producer)

Endangered Species

(Co-Producer)

Black Box

(Co-Producer)

Ion

(Producer)

Summer with Anton

(Producer)

The Sun Assassinated

(Producer)

The Minister

(Producer)

La Civil

(Co-Producer)

Il court, il court, le monde

(Director)

Two Days, One Night

(Director)

Playing Dead

(Producer)

Holly

(Co-Producer)

Madonnas

(Co-Producer)

Two Days, One Night

(Producer)

Two Days, One Night

(Screenplay)

The Child

(Writer)

40-Love

(Producer)

Dear Son

(Producer)

The Unknown Girl

(Director)

First Love

(Producer)

Tori and Lokita

(Director)

Lessons from a University on the Fly

(Director)

R... Doesn't Answer Anymore

(Director)

When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

(Director)

For the War to End, the Walls Should Have Crumbled

(Writer)

R... Doesn't Answer Anymore

(Writer)

Lessons from a University on the Fly

(Writer)

When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

(Writer)

For the War to End, the Walls Should Have Crumbled

(Director)

Saturn Bowling

(Co-Producer)

Beyond the Hills

(Co-Producer)

Les siestes Grenadine

(Producer)

The Sisters Brothers

(Associate Producer)

Graduation

(Co-Producer)

The Unknown Girl

(Screenplay)

Young Mothers

(Writer)

Young Mothers

(Director)

Tori and Lokita

(Screenplay)

Regard Jonathan/Jean Louvet, son oeuvre

(Director)

Planetarium

(Co-Producer)

The Unknown Girl

(Producer)

Long Live the Bride

(Co-Producer)

Être amoureux

(Producer)

Julie Keeps Quiet

(Co-Producer)

Foreign Language

(Executive Producer)

Wild Life

(Co-Producer)

The Elephant and the Butterfly

(Producer)

Young Ahmed

(Producer)

Young Ahmed

(Director)

The Son of Joseph

(Co-Producer)

Do You Remember Revolution?

(Producer)

Two Sisters

(Producer)

How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal

(Producer)

L'Intérêt d'Adam

(Producer)

Don't Shoot

(Producer)

The Sisters Brothers

(Co-Producer)

La Promesse

(Producer)

Stormy Weather

(Producer)

Il fare politica

(Producer)

Young Ahmed

(Screenplay)

The Living World

(Co-Producer)

Atarrabi & Mikelats

(Producer)

Casanova, Last Love

(Co-Producer)

Honey Cigar

(Co-Producer)

To Each His Own Cinema

(Writer)

The Dancer

(Co-Producer)

Animals

(Co-Producer)

Manas

(Associate Producer)