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LFF’22: The Dardenne Brothers on the Life-Affirming Friendship in ‘Tori and Lokita’

LFF’22: The Dardenne Brothers on the Life-Affirming Friendship in ‘Tori and Lokita’

The Dardenne Brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc discuss moving beyond the label of “unaccompanied immigrant” in their humanist immigration drama, Tori and Lokita.

The Laboring Body in Dardenne’s Brothers’ ‘Two Days, One Night’

The Laboring Body in Dardenne’s Brothers’ ‘Two Days, One Night’

Although one might hesitate to call Two Days, One Night a propaganda film for labor, it nonetheless expresses concern for those who labor by exploring under precarious working conditions.

Transcendental Immanence in the Dardenne Brothers’ ‘The Kid with a Bike’

Transcendental Immanence in the Dardenne Brothers’ ‘The Kid with a Bike’

The Dardenne brothers’ intense concentration on objects and gestures reveals a desire to plunge so far into a reality that one can seize the ineffable, as experienced while watching The Kid with a Bike.

The Dardenne Brothers’ ‘The Son’ Expresses Ideas Wordlessly

The Dardenne Brothers’ ‘Le Fils’ Makes Art of Austerity

The Dardenne Brothers’ ‘Le Fils’ Makes Art of Austerity

Rich with ideas and emotion though it is, the Dardenne Brothers’ Le Fils is almost perversely austere.