The brothers Dardenne craft lean, unfancy movies, full of ordinary people, without complicated plots nor special effects, but the emotional impact of their movies is devastatingly powerful.
They are masters at building complex and potent feelings from utterly mundane moments, an astonishing directorial feat which makes it clear why they are one of very rare group people in the history of the Cannes film festival to be awarded the prestigious Palme d’Or twice in their career.
