Example sentences for: dardenne

How can you use “dardenne” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Throughout this terse, entertaining parable (it won the grand prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival), the Belgian-born writer-directors Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne ( La Promesse , 1996) immerse you in the sensations of Rosetta's life: her daily, roundabout slog through the woods to reach the trailer park where she lives with her alcoholic mother (she's too ashamed to go through the front entrance); her frustrating treks to find employment, however menial; and, most of all, her countless rages at a society that refuses to grant her a "normal" (her word) existence.

  • The New Republic 's Stanley Kauffmann says the Dardenne brothers can join Ken Loach and Mike Leigh in "the front rank of contemporary directors with social concerns."

  • Veteran Belgian documentarians Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne win acclaim for their film about a 15-year-old boy's pledge to a dying Ghanaian immigrant to look after his family.


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