Jean-Pierre Dardenne
IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201094/
Date of Birth:21 April
1951, Engis, Wallonia, Belgium
Trademarks:Often works with Fabrizio Rongione, Jérémie Renier and Olivier Gourmet.
Hand-held camera.
Characters often use bikes or bicycles.
Stories revolving around poor characters who are struggling to make money.
Father/son relationships.
Doesn't use score.
Strong sense of morality; focuses on themes such as consciousness raising, forgiveness and redemption
Movies often end with a character lending a hand to another
Leading characters are in basically every frame of the movie
Films are set in Seraing, Liege, the town where he was born and raised.
Source:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201094/
French Film Festival Release Date
Thursday 16th November 2017
Next Showing:
None. Last shown at French Film Festival on 16th November 2017.
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Endangered Species is next showing in a
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Runtime:
1 hour 45 minutes (approx.)
Movie Synopsis:
The intertwined lives of three families shaken by love and violence.
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UK Cinema Release Date
Sunday 25th February 2018
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None. Last shown in UK cinemas on 25th February 2018.
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Behind the Clouds is next showing in a
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Runtime:
1 hour 48 minutes (approx.)
Movie Synopsis:
Two people meet again after more than 50 years. They were lovers once, but their lives took different turns: she married his best friend. Fifty years later, they meet again and passion flares up. But is it possible to pick up the thread of a life that unraveled fifty years ago? The story of a wonderful last love affair, which is relived with the intensity of a first.
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BFI London Film Festival Release Date
Tuesday 16th October 2018
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None. Last shown at BFI London Film Festival on 2nd November 2019.
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Dear Son is next showing in a
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Runtime:
1 hour 44 minutes (approx.)
Movie Synopsis:
A Tunisian middle class couple with high hopes for the future of their only son discover he's left to join ISIS in Syria.
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Glasgow Film Festival Release Date
Monday 25th February 2019
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None. Last shown at Glasgow Film Festival on 26th February 2019.
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The Elephant and the Butterfly is next showing in a
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Runtime:
1 hour 26 minutes (approx.)
Movie Synopsis:
Dour ex-boyfriend Antoine returns to his Belgian hometown where he reunites with his ex-lover and the mother of their five-year-old girl, Elsa, whom he has never met. Through an unexpected turn of events, Antoine suddenly finds himself left alone to take care of the young, inquisitive and spirited youngster.
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French Film Festival Release Date
Monday 4th November 2019
Next Showing:
None. Last shown at French Film Festival on 18th November 2019.
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Young Ahmed is next showing in a
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Runtime:
1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
Movie Synopsis:
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
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