Fans of the Dardenne brothers won't want to miss the retrospective happening now at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. Last night we caught a screening of Rosetta, the 1999 Palme d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival. In true Dardenne style, the focus was on the gritty, lower-class side of Belgium—in this case a young woman who's constantly searching for work and who shares a trailer park with her drunk mother. It's intense, philosophical and once you see it you won't be able to stop thinking about it.
Film junkies take note: The series continues with a screening of La Promesse Friday evening—it's the story of a slum landlord and his teenage son who rent tenements to immigrant workers—and will be followed by a conversation with the Dardennes at 8:30pm. Trust us, you won't want to miss it.
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