From the Dardenne brothers, two-time winners of Cannes’ Golden Palm comes the tale of a woman caught between love and the law of the underworld. Lorna, (striking newcomer Arta Dobroshi), a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has her sights set on opening a snack bar with her boyfriend, Sokol (Alban Ukaj). In order to do so, she becomes an accomplice in a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio (Fabrizio Rongione).
 
Fabio has set up a false marriage between Lorna and pathetic drug addict Claudy (Jérémie Renier) allowing Lorna to get her Belgian citizenship. However, she is then asked to marry a Russian mafioso who's ready to pay hard cash to also get his hands on those vital Belgian identity papers. But the situation becomes complicated when Claudy refuses to divorce her.
 
How Lorna's silence implicates her in what happens next, despite her better intentions, affirms the Dardennes' offhand skill at orchestrating momentous drama, and their recognition of the abrupt, unexpected ways in which an individual's life and expectations can be swiftly upended. Lorna’s Silence maintains the Dardenne’s unblinking commitment to human nature and the possibility of grace in lowly circumstances.