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Tag Archives: Belgium
The Passage (2011) Roberto Minervini, Josefina Barrios, Christin Carlson, Emma Carlson, Drama
A woman in her 60s with terminal cancer, a man in his 40s recently out of jail, and a British artist in his 50s come together by chance and take a road trip to Marfa, TX. Read More »
Copie conforme / Certified Copy (2010) Abbas Kiarostami, Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Drama
James Miller has just written a book on the value of a copy versus the original work of art. Read More »
Mobile Home (2012) François Pirot, Arthur Dupont, Guillaume Gouix, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Comedy, Drama
After having broken up with his girlfriend and left his job, Simon has come back to his small hometown in the countryside, where he meets up again with his old friend Julien. Read More »
The Embrace / L’etreinte (1969) Paul Collet, Pierre Drouot, Daniel Vigo, Nathalie Vernier, Laetitia Sorel, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Erotic
The girl is very fascinating and unaware. The great tentacled city will give her unpredictable surprises and she won’t be afraid to taste them day by day.
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Meeuwen sterven in de haven / Seagulls Die in the Harbour (1955) Rik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels, Tine Balder, Tone Brulin, Alice De Graef, Drama, Film Noir
A pessimistic urban drama, with a musical score by Jack Sels and Max Damasse, charts in strongly expressionistically lit black-and-white images Read More »
De Vlaschaard / The Flax Field (1983) Jan Gruyaert, Vic Moeremans, Rene Van Sambeek, Marc Peeters, Drama
In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an ‘old school’ patriarch, stern and authoritarian Read More »
Hors la vie / Out of Life (1991) Maroun Bagdadi, Hippolyte Girardot, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Hussein Sbeity, Drama
Patrick Perrault, a photo-journalist covering the war in Beirut in the late 1980s, is himself caught up in the hostilities when one day he is picked up and bundled into a car at gun-point. Read More »
Les guerriers de la beauté (2003) Pierre Coulibeuf, Els Deceukelier, William Forsythe, Emio Greco, Fantasy, Arthouse, Performance
The filmic composition creates a fictive space that conveys the multiple perspectives generated by Fabre’s imaginings. Read More »
Les émotifs anonymes / Romantics Anonymous (2010) Jean-Pierre Améris, Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Lorella Cravotta, Comedy, Romance
What happens when a man and a woman share a common passion? They fall in love. And this is what happens to Jean-René, the boss of a small chocolate factory Read More »
Eldorado (2008) Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Comedy, Drama
Yvan and Elie are two loners who wander aimlessly through their lives. Yvan is a quick-tempered 40-year-old vintage car dealer while Elie is a young burglar and ex-junkie.
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Dossier K. (2009) Jan Verheyen, Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Blerim Destani, Action, Crime, Drama
DOSSIER K. is the long anticipated successor to ‘The Alzheimer Case’ which won numerous awards and was sold to over 30 countries, among which the US (where it was released through Sony Picture Classics). This second film based on a novel by Jef Geeraerts is a dense European thriller about passion, betrayal, revenge, blind ambition and the inevitability of fate.
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Dupa dealuri / Beyond the Hills (2012) Cristian Mungiu, Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriutã, Drama
Alina and Voichita have been friends since their orphanage days. And they have been lovers since they became sexually mature. But despite their oath of mutual fidelity, Alina, who could not bear poverty any more, emigrated to Germany where she became a barmaid.
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Calvaire / The Ordeal (2004) Fabrice Du Welz, Laurent Lucas, Brigitte Lahaie, Gigi Coursigny, Horror
A few days before Christmas, traveling entertainer Marc Stevens is stuck at nightfall in a remote wood in the swampy Hautes Fagnes region of Liège, his van conked out.
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Het beest (1982) Paul Collet, Willem Ruis, Akkemay, Bert André, Drama
When he finds out that his company has expropriated his own mother, a successful young manager gets deeply upset. Money and power now have a different meaning. He needs to struggle against his own self and stake everything in order to reorganize true values in his life.
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