In fourteenth-century England, peasant girl Christine Carpenter is so attracted to a statue of the Virgin Mary Read More »
Tag Archives: Belgium
The Misfortunates (2009) Felix van Groeningen, Kenneth Vanbaeden, Valentijn Dhaenens, Koen De Graeve, Wouter Hendrickx
13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Read More »
The Ax (2005) Costa-Gavras, José Garcia, Karin Viard, Geordy Monfils
Bruno Davert, a chemist working for a paper company, is fired. Read More »
Symptoms (1974) José Ramón Larraz, Angela Pleasence, Peter Vaughan, Lorna Heilbron
A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. Read More »
Appointment in Bray (1971) André Delvaux, Anna Karina, Mathieu Carrière, Roger Van Hool
In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. Read More »
Holy Money (2009) Maxime Alexandre, Aaron Stanford, Joaquim de Almeida, Ben Gazzara
Anthony’s family runs a small Italian restaurant in London. When his childhood friend, Dario, dies in a suspicious accident Read More »
Chloé (1996) Dennis Berry, Anna Karina, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Claude Adelin
After a violent dispute with her mother, sixteen-years old Chloé ends up in the streets with nowhere to go. Read More »
Komitas (1989) Don Askarian, Samvel Ovasapian, Margarita Woskanjan, Omig Saadetian
The film is dedicated to the Armenian monk and genius composer Komitas, and the 2 million victims on his people in Turkey in 1915. Read More »
Germinal (1993) Claude Berri, Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou
It’s mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner’s town. They are exploited by the mine’s owner. Read More »
Vincent (1987) Paul Cox, John Hurt, Marika Rivera, Gabriella Trsek
This documentary, on the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh, is told through his letters to his brother Theo, from 1872 until his tragic death. Read More »