2009’s Top 10 Repeat Offenders in the Dardenne Bros. and Jeremie Renier

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#6. LORNA’s SILENCE

Since 1996’s La promesse, Jérémie Renier has become a whipping boy of sorts for the Dardenne brothers. With a stint in 2005’s L’enfant (2005) where Renier appeared as a vagabond in need of a parenting course, the actor saw conditions get worse with Lorna’s Silence (the pic received its world preem at Cannes in 2008, and eventually received a 2009 theatrical release). Here, he plays a supporting character – the victim of addiction and an arranged marriage that didn’t help out his overall cause.

 

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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