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Tag Archives: Belgium
Mina Tannenbaum (1994) Martine Dugowson

The film tells the story of two girls who are of totally different character. Read More »
La doublure (2006) The Valet – Francis Veber

A Parisian valet loves a woman who rejects him: she’s in debt to open a bookshop, and he’s not her ideal man. Read More »
Oorlogswinter / Winter in Wartime (2008) Martin Koolhoven

Near the end of World War II, 14-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance Read More »
Short Memory (1979) Eduardo de Gregorio, Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Bulle Ogier

A UNESCO translator stumbles across a group which is hiding and supporting Nazis and facilitating their travel around the world. 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 »
Freedomfighters (1996) Vicente Aranda, Ana Belén, Victoria Abril, Ariadna Gil

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. Read More »
The Delivery (1999) Roel Reiné, Fedja van Huêt, Frederick Stuart, Aurélie Meriel

After watching their small business go up in flames, three lifelong friends need money fast. Read More »
Snow / Neige (1981) Juliet Berto, Jean-Henri Roger, Jean-François Stévenin, Robert Liensol

Paris, Pigalle. Anita works as a waitress in a bar. When she learns that the police are looking Read More »
Mon ange / Angel (2016) Harry Cleven, Hannah Boudreau, Maya Dory, Fleur Geffrier

Devastated with grief after the mysterious disappearance of her magician lover, Louise is sent to a psychiatric asylum. Read More »
Beirut the Encounter (1981) Borhane Alaouié, Haithem el Amine, Nadine Acoury, Najoua Haydar

Just after telephone communication is restored between the warring East and West sides of Beirut Read More »
Bobo Jacco (1979) Walter Bal, Annie Girardot, Laurent Malet, Michel Montanary

Jacques and Frédéric live in the North. They are friends and inseparable. Read More »
The Eighties / Les années 80 (1983) Chantal Akerman, Aischa Bentebouche, Katherine Best, François Beukelaers

All of the time and effort put forth to stage a musical is chronicled here in this bright and funny French outing. Read More »
Stronghold / Wildschut (1985) Bobby Eerhart, Hidde Maas, Jack Monkau, Annick Christiaens

An isolated farmhouse is chosen as a hide-out by criminals Jim and Charlie after an armed robbery. Read More »
Love Comes Quietly (1973) Nikolai van der Heyde, Sandy van der Linden, Barbara Hershey, Ralph Meeker

An American returns to his native Dutch village in the 1930s and causes a sensation there. Read More »