The Dardenne
brothers were born and grew up in Seraing, an industrial suburb of Liège. After
studying dramatic art and philosophy respectively, the brothers made militant
videos about interventions and struggles in workers' towns; these form the
basis of their socially-minded cinema. They then created the production company
Dérives and founded the company Films Dérives Productions in 1981, which
produced six feature-length films, and the Films du Fleuve, which finances
their productions and helps to produce a number of art films.
The cinema of
the Dardenne brothers is rooted in the region of their childhood and often
deals with dramatic social themes (instability, clandestinity, marriages of
convenience, depression and immigration).
In 1999, the
Dardenne brothers became internationally famous by winning their first Palme
d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, for Rosetta, which launched the career of
Emilie Dequenne. The making of The Son in 2002 also resulted in Olivier Gourmet
winning the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, they won a
second Palme d'Or with The Child, a new work about the precarious situation of
a young couple. Lorna's Silence, a 2008 drama about illegal immigration and
marriages of convenience, earned them a third Cannes award for Best Screenplay.
The promise
Written by : Jean-Pierre and
Luc Dardenne
Cinematography : Alain Marcoen
Edited by : Marie-Hélène Dozo
Production company, Eurimages, Les Films du
Fleuve, RTBF
Distributed by : ARP Sélection
Release date : 16 October 1996
Running time : 90 minutes
Country : Belgium, France
Language : French
Rosetta
Produced by : Jean-Pierre
and Luc Dardenne
Written by : Jean-Pierre and
Luc Dardenne
Cinematography : Alain Marcoen
Edited by : Marie-Hélène Dozo
Production company : Les Films du Fleuve
Distributed by : ARP Sélection
(France)
Release date : 22 September
1999
Running time : 93 minutes
Country : Belgium, France
Language : French
The Child
Produced by : Jean-Pierre
and Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Written by : Jean-Pierre and Luc
Dardenne
Cinematography : Alain Marcoen
Edited by : Marie-Hélène Dozo
Distributed by : Sony Pictures
Classics
Release date : 17 May 2005
Running time : 91 minutes
Country : Belgium
Language : French
The kid with a bike
Produced by : Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Written by : Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Cinematography : Alain Marcoen
Edited by : Marie-Hélène Dozo
Production company : Les Films du Fleuve
Distributed by : Diaphana
Films (France)
Release date : 15 May 2011
Running time : 87 minutes
Country : Belgium, France
Language : French
The Son
Produced by : Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Written by : Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Cinematography : Alain Marcoen
Edited by : Marie-Hélène Dozo
Production company : Archipel 35, Les
Films du Fleuve, RTBF
Distributed by : Diaphana
Films
Release date : 9 October 2002
Running time : 104 minutes
Country : Belgium, France
Language : French
The Unknown Girl
Produced by : Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Written by : Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Cinematography : Alain Marcoen
Edited by : Marie-Hélène Dozo
Production company : Archipel 35, Les
Films du Fleuve
Distributed by : Cinéart, Diaphana
Release date : 18 May 2016
Running time : 106 minutes
Country : Belgium, France
Language : French
Two days, one night
Produced by : Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Written by : Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Cinematography : Alain Marcoen
Edited by : Marie-Hélène Dozo
Production companies : Les Films du
Fleuve, Archipel 35, Canal+, and others
Release date : 20 May 2014
Running time : 95 minutes
Country : Belgium, France
Language : French
To be continued...
