A twenty-year-old woman tries to give some glow and lightness to her life, which she sees as highly lacking, useless, and without the intensity she needs. Read More »
Tag Archives: Belgium
Off Screen (2005) Pieter Kuijpers, Jeroen Krabbé, Jan Decleir, Astrid Joosten
March 11th, 2002. John R. takes the head of security and 17 others hostage in Amsterdam biggest skyscraper. Read More »
Khadak (2006) Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth, Batzul Khayankhyarvaa, Tsetsegee Byamba, Banzar Damchaa
Magical realism, epilepsy, and the steppes of Mongolia. A pilot dies. His son Bagi, who, like his father, has epilepsy Read More »
Fertile Memory (1980) Michel Khleifi, Farah Hatoum, Sahar Khalifeh
The first full length film to be shot within the disputed Palestinian West Bank “Green Line,” Read More »
Lady Chatterley (2006) Pascale Ferran, Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc’h, Hippolyte Girardot
A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence’s erotic tale. Read More »
Man Bites Dog (1992) Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert, Nelly Pappaert
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. Read More »
Rosas danst rosas (1997) Thierry De Mey, Cynthia Loemy, Sarah Ludi, Anne Mousselet
Rosas danst Rosas consists of four dancers in rapport with one another and five chapters full of intense physical energy. Read More »
Mascara (1987) Patrick Conrad, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Sarrazin, Derek de Lint
A respected police commissioner has a reputation as a fervent opera lover Read More »
Blind (2007) Tamar van den Dop, Joren Seldeslachts, Halina Reijn, Katelijne Verbeke
In late 19th century’s Netherlands, an albino woman and a blind man develop an indiscriminate love for one another. Will love be blind? Read More »
Stormy Weather (2003) Sólveig Anspach, Élodie Bouchez, Didda Jónsdóttir, Baltasar Kormákur
A very sad but genuinely human story. The middle-aged Icelandic woman Loa is seriously mentally ill. Read More »
The Conscript (1974) Roland Verhavert, Jan Decleir, Ansje Beentjes, Gaston Vandermeulen
In 1833, when the fledgling Belgian kingdom still fears a Dutch invasion Read More »
From the Branches Drops the Withered Blossom (1960) Paul Meyer, Brighella, Giuseppe Cerqua, Luigi Favotto
What was supposed to be a documentary to show the progressive nature of Belgium in regards to its immigration policy Read More »
Haut les coeurs! (1999) Sólveig Anspach, Karin Viard, Laurent Lucas, Julien Cottereau
A young woman, Emma, decides to get pregnant without her boyfriend’s consent. Read More »
Dreaming Film (2010) Eric Pauwels
Belgian filmmaker Eric Pauwles’ meditation on dream, travel and film. Read More »
The Living World (2003) Eugène Green, Christelle Prot, Alexis Loret, Adrien Michaux
An ogre keeps in his castle two children, whom he intends to eat. Read More »