The Pursuit Of Internal Theatricality-the Analysis Of The Narrative Style Of Dardenne Brothers’ Films

The Jean Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne are Belgian film directors.The two became famous in 1996 for their film La promesse（1996）,winning 15 Directors Awards.From 1999 to 2019,the Dardenne brothers made eight feature films,all of which were shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes Film Festival.Rosetta（1999）and L’enfant（2005）won the Golden Palm Award respectively,while Le silence de Lorna（2008）won the Best Screenwriter Award.When shooting films,they adhere to the open state,insist on hand-held photography,use simple equipment,non-professional actors and natural light sources.They pay attention to shooting details,discover the drama in daily life,and let the ordinary glow with realism.The films are all based on the real stories in Belgium.The scenes aim at the marginal groups living at the bottom of the society,such as the unemployed,thieves,illegal immigrants and so on.They are good at using documentary shooting techniques to tell the real state of a character,dig out the internal theatricality hidden in life and present the real life.The Dardenne brothers said their film is the process of looking for the vitality of the characters in the play.They insisted that the plot of the film can be simple,but the play must have vitality and pay attention to social issues.They created a unique film narrative style of their own,which is reflected in their way of expressing the vitality they pursue.This way of expression can be divided into two aspects: one is a documentary audio-visual language,and the other is a story with a dramatic theme.The directors like to follow the facial expression of the character,feel the inner activities of them and portray the details of their daily life,which are closely related to the fate of the character.Most of films show a certain life scene of a certain hero.In the film,the hero often faces a moral choice,which is the core of the film,and the accompanying social problems are just the product when shooting films.The narrative style of theirs films can be said to be a combination of documentary and dramatic,that is using documentary shooting techniques to tell a story containing the core of drama.The director’s view of the world is reflected in the narrative style of the story and the choice of lens language.They present the reality from their own unique perspective.