Dardenne brothers

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
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Luc (right) and Jean-Pierre Dardenne in 2015
BornJean-Pierre: (1951-04-21) 21 April 1951 (age 73)
Liège, Belgium
Luc: (1954-03-10) 10 March 1954 (age 70)
Liège, Belgium
Occupation(s)Film directors, producers, screenwriters
Years active1978–present
AwardsFull list

Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne CMW (French: [daʁdɛn]; born 21 April 1951)[1] and Luc Dardenne CMW (born 10 March 1954),[1] collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together.[1] They also own the production company Les Films du Fleuve.

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.[2] Jean-Pierre was the jury president for the Cinéfoundation and Short Films sections of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[3] 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.[4] Their 2022 film Tori and Lokita won the 75th Anniversary Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne". Les Films du Fleuve. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Official Selection". Cannes. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  3. ^ "The Jury for the Cinéfondation and Short Films". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Cannes 2019: Belgium's Dardenne brothers win best director for Young Ahmed". Firstpost. 26 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Jean-Pierre Dardenne - Festival de Cannes". festival-cannes. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.