Olivier – meticulous, careful, even-handed – teaches carpentry at a vocational school in Liège. Read More »
Tag Archives: Belgium
Rosetta (1999) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux
The first scene, like almost all others, is a fighting scene. A girl, about 18, is sacked from her factory work because her trial period is over. Read More »
The Diary of Lady M AKA Le journal de Lady M (1992) Alain Tanner, Myriam Mézières, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Félicité Wouassi
She’s a beautiful gifted performer, but her work is not the sort that invites popular acclaim. Read More »
Come Undone AKA Presque rien (2000) Sébastien Lifshitz, Jérémie Elkaïm, Stéphane Rideau, Marie Matheron
Eighteen-year-old Mathieu vacations at the beach with his family when he meets local teen Cédric. Read More »
Low Tide (2012) Roberto Minervini, Daniel Blanchard, Melissa McKinney, Vernon Wilbanks
A 12 year old boy and his single mother live parallel lives. The boy spends his days alone while his mother works and goes out with her friends. Read More »
The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short AKA De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen (1966) André Delvaux, Senne Rouffaer, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Hector Camerlynck
A schoolteacher (Miereveld or “field of ants”) is entranced by one of his students (Fran). Read More »
Mobius (2013) Eric Rochant, Jean Dujardin, Cécile De France, Tim Roth
In the high stakes world of espionage, one Russian FSB operative will do whatever it takes to crack an international money Read More »
The Five Obstructions AKA De fem benspænd (2003) Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez
In this playful, mischievous look at the creative process, Danish auteur Lars von Trier Read More »
Taxandria (1994) Raoul Servais, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Spiers, Katja Studt
A young prince is taken for tuition at a seaside hotel but there quickly bores and wanders off to visit a nearby lighthouse. Read More »
Commando (1962) Frank Wisbar, Stewart Granger, Dorian Gray, Carlos Casaravilla
A French Foreign Legion commander is told to assemble a unit and capture an Algerian rebel leader. Read More »