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Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Birth at
21 April 1951
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Jean-Pierre Dardenne was born in Belgium on 21 April 1951 in the city of Angis. His real name is Carl Higgans. He was the older brother of Luke Dardenne (Eric Higgans). The names and works of both brothers are inextricably linked. At first, both Dardennes worked in the theater: Jean-Pierre played on stage, and Luke was fond of directing. Later, Jean and his brother began working on television, and then became interested in documentary films. In 1975, the Dardennes brothers founded their own documentary
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Jean-Pierre Dardenne was born in Belgium on 21 April 1951 in the city of Angis. His real name is Carl Higgans. He was the older brother of Luke Dardenne (Eric Higgans). The names and works of both brothers are inextricably linked. At first, both Dardennes worked in the theater: Jean-Pierre played on stage, and Luke was fond of directing. Later, Jean and his brother began working on television, and then became interested in documentary films. In 1975, the Dardennes brothers founded their own documentary film company, Derives, and in 1994, the film production company Les Films du Fleuve. By the way, Luke himself assures that he never thought about the director’s fate. But it was Jean-Pierre who was once advised to quit the game on stage and direct. Jean-Pierre took the risk, and his younger brother supported him in this endeavor.
In 1987, the Dardennes brothers made their first feature film, the war drama Double. In the same year, the film “I Think of You” appeared on the screens. Released in 1996, the film “Promise” was included in the program of the Cannes Festival. After this work, almost all of the brothers' films were participants in Cannes. The drama Rosetta, filmed in 1999, received the Palme d'Or. In 2002, drama appeared on the screens.
Son , and in 2005 - the picture "Child", which again brought the "Golden Palm".
The Silence of Lorna tells the story of a young Albanian who, in exchange for Belgian citizenship, married a drug addict. The picture was again a favorite of Cannes. Also, the Dardennes took part in the creation of the anniversary Cannes almanac “Everyone has their own cinema”, for which they shot the novel “In the Dark”.
Jean-Pierre never thought of his work without his younger brother. Both consider their cinema a fairy tale that suddenly takes on similarities with the outside world.