--- name: "Luc Dardenne" canonical: "https://film.one/person/luc-dardenne" roles: ["Producer","Director","Writer"] born: "10 March 1954" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 77 average_as: "producer" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-17T08:07:02.742055+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Luc Dardenne Producer and director. Born 10 March 1954 in Awirs, Wallonia, Belgium. ## Details - **Work:** Producer, Director, Writer - **Born:** 10 March 1954, Awirs, Wallonia, Belgium - **Active:** 2012–present - **Also known as:** 盧·達頓, 达内兄弟 - **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as producer, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (3), 2020s 58 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 77 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $51m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3361624, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201095/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45138 ## Streaming the US now - **AMC+:** [*Two Days, One Night*](https://film.one/film/two-days-one-night.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Luc Dardenne > Luc Dardenne, working with his brother Jean-Pierre, makes the difficulty of asking for help gripping. We admire their patience with people under pressure, even when the plotting becomes a little too neat. Sandra has to ask again. In *Two Days, One Night* (2014), a factory worker spends a weekend trying to persuade her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job. Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, who wrote and directed it together, make each repetition painful because the people answering have their own reasons to refuse. We were anxious each time Sandra had to ask again, because saving her job meant asking someone else to lose money. The partnership matters: this is a shared body of work, and there is little use pretending we can divide its virtues between the brothers. Documentaries in Wallonia in the 1970s preceded fiction features in the mid-1980s and international recognition with *La Promesse* (1996). The films went on to examine parenthood and criminality in *The Child* (2005), then foster care and attachment in *The Kid with a Bike* (2011). The recurring question is what one person owes another, especially when neither has much to spare. Their handheld camera follows closely behind people or drops to ground level, making it difficult to regard them from a safe distance. Natural light and pared-down sets keep attention on what someone does next. Regular collaborators include Olivier Gourmet and Jérémie Renier. *Two Days, One Night* brings the international star Marion Cotillard into this approach without abandoning workplace solidarity and isolation. Her performance sustains the painful repetition, while the brothers get suspense from conversations that another film might hurry past. That concentration also has a drawback. A few of Sandra's encounters feel chosen to supply a complete set of responses, and we become aware of the writers making sure each position gets its turn. Yet the brothers allow the people who might cost her a job to have reasons we can understand. The reservation matters, but it does not undo the tension or Cotillard's hold on our attention. Start with *Two Days, One Night*, but do not mistake the ordinary setting for a promise of a restful evening. ## Biography Luc Dardenne is a Belgian film director, writer and producer. He works in collaboration with his brother Jean-Pierre Dardenne. Born on 10 March 1954 in Awirs, Wallonia, the brothers began making documentaries in the late 1970s before turning to fiction features. They gained international attention with *La Promesse* (1996). Their film *Rosetta* (1999) won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, as did *The Child* (2005). Later works include *The Son* (2002), *Lorna's Silence* (2008), *The Kid with a Bike* (2011), *Two Days, One Night* (2014), *The Unknown Girl* (2016) and *Young Ahmed* (2019). They have received numerous awards for their naturalistic portrayals of working-class life. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Emilia Pérez* (2024), Fi1m 58, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/emilia-perez.md) - *Two Days, One Night* (2014), Fi1m 88, Director, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/two-days-one-night.md) - *Beyond the Hills* (2012), Fi1m 82, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beyond-the-hills.md) - *Rust and Bone* (2012), Fi1m 81, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rust-and-bone.md) ## Also known for - *The Kid with a Bike* (2011), Director, Writer - *The Unknown Girl* (2016), Director, Writer - *Rosetta* (1999), Director, Writer - *The Child* (2005), Director, Writer - *La Promesse* (1996), Director, Writer - *Young Ahmed* (2019), Director, Writer - *The Son* (2002), Writer, Director - *Lorna's Silence* (2008), Director, Writer --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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