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| General Description : | Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne (born 21 April 1951 in Liège, Belgium) and Luc Dardenne (born 10 March 1954 in Liège, Belgium) are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce and direct their films together. The Dardennes began making narrative and documentary films in the late 1970s. They came to international attention in the mid-1990s with La Promesse (The Promise). They won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. In 2002, Olivier Gourmet won Best Actor at Cannes for the Dardennes' Le Fils (The Son) In 2005, they won the Palme d'Or a second time for their film L’Enfant (The Child), putting them in an elite club, at the time, of only seven. Their film, Le silence de Lorna (Lorna's Silence), won Best Screenplay at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was released in Europe in the fall. Their latest film The Kid with a Bike won the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and received eight Magritte Award nominations. Jean-Pierre has been announced as the jury president for the Cinéfoundation and Short Films sections of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The Son (French: Le Fils) is a 2002 Belgian-French mystery film directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Olivier, a carpenter by trade who teaches at a trades training center, knowingly takes on Francis Thorion, the murderer of his son, as an apprentice. Francis is unaware of his connection with Olivier from five years ago. Olivier, tormented by the loss of his son and his separation from his wife, develops a slight obsession with Francis. He stalks him home, steals his keys and explores his apartment, whilst slowly discovering more about the boy. Francis looks up to Olivier, seeing him as a surrogate role-model. With this on his mind, Olivier is ultimately torn between hatred for the murderer of his son and the moral ambiguity of accepting this child from a broken home and disillusioned past. |
| Face value | 0,52 Euro |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 3727 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number BE 2254b Yvert et Tellier BE 3662 Belgium BE 3679 WADP Numbering System - WNS BE080.07 Unificato BE 3671 |
| Stamp colour | black and white |
| Stamp use | Mini-sheet stamp |
| Print run | 571.000 |
| Issue date | 01/09/2007 |
| Designer | Luc Derycke |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 27.66 mm |
| Width | 40.20 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
