Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Director

Jean-Pierre Dardenne is a Belgian filmmaker who directs, writes, and produces films together with his brother, Luc Dardenne. Their cinematic work is associated with social realism, often illuminating the lives of people on the margins of society. The brothers have been honored multiple times for their work at the Cannes Film Festival; they received the Palme d'Or for *Rosetta* (1999) and *L'Enfant* (The Child) (2005). Their other well-known films include *The Kid with a Bike* (2011) and *Tori and Lokita* (2022), for which they won the festival's special 75th Anniversary Prize.

Tori and Lokita
Drama
2022
1h.28min
-12
In Belgium today, a young boy and an adolescent girl who have travelled alone from Africa pit their invincible friendship against the difficult conditions ...
The Unknown Girl
Crime, Drama
2016
1h.53min
-16
A doctor plagued by feelings of guilt tries on her own initiative to clarify the identity of a dead woman who lay on her doorstep.
The Kid on a Bike
Drama
2010
1h.27min
-12
Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, Samantha agrees to foster him on weekends.
Two Days, One Night
Drama
2013
1h.35min
-10
Sandra only has a weekend to go and see her colleagues and persuade them to waive their bonuses so that she can keep her job.
Young Ahmed
Drama
2019
1h.25min
-10
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
L'Âge de raison, le cinéma des frères Dardenne
Documentary
2013
1h.1min
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Starting from the inside of their films, "The Age of Reason, the cinema of the Dardenne brothers" proposes a journey into a masterful body of work.

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Tori and Lokita

The Unknown Girl

The Kid on a Bike

Two Days, One Night

Young Ahmed

L'Âge de raison, le cinéma des frères Dardenne