CANNES ‘08 | Belgian Brothers

"We are interested in human beings, people who come from elsewhere," explained Jean-Pierre Dardenne (right), in Cannes this year with "Lorna's Silence" (Le Silence de Lorna) co-directed with Luc Dardenne (left). The Belgian brothers, signing autographs earlier today in Cannes, took a different approach to filming their latest feature observed one journalist at a Cannes Film Festival press conference this morning. "We have a much quieter, calmer, more still camera here," agreed Luc Dardenne, "because we wanted to really look at Lorna." The film follows an the Albanian immigrant living in Belgium and the four men around her. "We wanted to record, rather then write Lorna," Luc Dardenne noted. Adding to the explanation, Jean-Pierre Dardenne explained, "What interests us is the characters, the individuals, the human beings."