Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. Read More »
Tag Archives: Belgium
Marquis (1989) Henri Xhonneux, François Marthouret, Valérie Kling, Michel Robin, Animation, Comedy
The scene is a pre-French Revolution Bastille, where various political prisoners are being held: a woman who was raped and impregnated by the king Read More »
Beyond the Mountains and Hills (2016) Eran Kolirin, Alon Pdut, Mili Eshet, Shiree Nadav-Naor, Drama
David is discharged from the army after serving 27 years. He finally returns to his family and tries to find himself in his new civilian life. Read More »
La femme de Gilles / Gilles’ Wife (2004) Frédéric Fonteyne, Emmanuelle Devos, Clovis Cornillac, Laura Smet, Drama
Gilles’ wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him Read More »
Toute une nuit / A whole night (1982) Chantal Akerman, Aurore Clément, Tchéky Karyo, Angelo Abazoglou, Drama
Following over two dozen different people in the almost wordless atmosphere of a dark night in a Brussels town, Akerman examines acception and rejection in the realm of romance. Read More »
Amer (2009) Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Cassandra Forêt, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Marie Bos, Horror, Thriller
Three key moments, all of them sensual, define Ana’s life. Her carnal search sways between reality and colored fantasies becoming more and more oppressive. Read More »
Africa Erotica / Jungle Erotic (1970) Louis Soulanes, Zygmunt Sulistrowski, Darr Poran, Carrie Rochelle, Alice Marie, Adventure, Drama, Erotic
La promesse / The Promise (1996) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouedraogo, Drama
Igor–a 15-year-old apprentice mechanic–spends his off hours at the beck and call of his father. Read More »
Un divan à New York / A Couch in New York (1996) Chantal Akerman, Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Stephanie Buttle, Comedy, Romance
Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while. Read More »
Violette (2013) Martin Provost, Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet, Drama, Romance, Biography
Violette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés. Read More »