Lorna's Silence

Aug 27, 2008

1h 45m

★ 6.8

The destiny of a woman caught between love and the laws of the underworld.

Overview

Lorna is a young Albanian woman in a marriage of convenience with Claudy, a heroin addict. Just as Lorna is about to be granted Belgian citizenship, Claudy finds the strength to detox; this presents a problem not only for Lorna, but for the criminal who brokered the deal.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Archipel 33>35

Les Films du Fleuve

Lucky Red

Lorna's Silence Trailers

Cast

Lorna

Arta Dobroshi

Claudy

Jérémie Renier

Fabio

Fabrizio Rongione

Sokol

Alban Ukaj

Spirou

Morgan Marinne

Andrei

Anton Yakovlev

The Policeman

Olivier Gourmet

Kostia

Grigori Manoukov

Monique Sobel

Mireille Bailly

Pharmacist

Serge Larivière

Nurse

Stéphanie Gob

Commissaire

Laurent Caron

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