Belgium

  • Isabelle Tollenaere – The Fruit Tree (2022)

    Documentary2021-2030BelgiumIsabelle Tollenaere

    In The Fruit Tree a young woman, Sharleece, wanders through a house that is available to rent in the sleepy desert town where she lives, California City. Looking out of the window evokes unexpected memories of her childhood home in Los Angeles.Read More »

  • Peter Brook – The Mahabharata (1989)

    1981-1990BelgiumEpicPeter BrookTV

    Synopsis:
    In ancient India the five Pandava brothers, Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, are cousins of the sons of king Dhritharashtra, known as the Kaurava. The five are the sons of the wives of king Pandu, who seceded in favor of his blind brother after he was cursed. The men are raised together, but from the beginning there are difficulties. They are prone to fight and when Arjuna becomes a great archer, the Kaurava are both jealous and afraid. Is it the kingdom the Pandava are after? Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava, strives after it as he is told by the deity Krishna that he will become king. The hatred and jealousy of the Kaurava grows even stronger when the Pandava turn a barren wasteland Dhritharashtra gave them into a great court. This can’t go on forever. Inevitably a war will follow, a war that will shake the foundations of the Earth.Read More »

  • Erik Van Looy – Loft (2008)

    2001-2010BelgiumCrimeErik Van LooyThriller

    Five men share a secret that has deadly consequences in this thriller from Belgium. When Filip (Matthias Schoenaerts), a playboy with a wild streak, finally settles down and gets married, his good friend Vincent (Filip Peeters) presents him and three of his friends with a special gift. Vincent is an architect, and after supervising the renovation of a apartment block, he installed a luxurious penthouse flat for the use of himself and his married pals, where they can enjoy liaisons with other women without their spouses becoming any the wiser. Filip, Vincent and three of their buddies — hard-drinking ladies’ man Marnix (Koen de Graeve), Filip’s psychoanalyst brother Chris (Koen De Bauw) and taciturn Luc (Bruno Vanden Broecke) — are the only ones with keys to the flat, and the only ones who are supposed to know it exists. But one day one of the five checks into the apartment and discovers a woman’s bloody corpse shackled to the bed; one of their group is a murderer, but who is the killer and how can the others keep this a secret from the police and their families? Loft was directed by Erik Van Looy and written by Bart de Pauw, both of whom got their start in the film business as actors.Read More »

  • Vincent Meessen – Juste un mouvement AKA Just A Movement (2021)

    2021-2030BelgiumDocumentaryVincent Meessen

    Quote:
    In Senegal, the name of Omar Blondin Diop is associated with an unpunished state crime. In France, he has mostly gone down in history as a Marxist activist featuring in “La Chinoise”, a fiction of political anticipation by Jean-Luc Godard. Today in Dakar, his brothers and friends remember him while the local youth play their own fate under the imperfect present of China-Africa.Read More »

  • André Delvaux – Un soir… un train AKA One Night… a Train (1968)

    1961-1970André DelvauxBelgiumDrama

    Quote:
    Mathias is a Belgian linguist, living with French theatre producer Anne. After a quarrel about moral questions, they take a train to attend a congress. While Mathias sleeps, Anne disappears. The train stops in the middle of the country and Mathias gets off the train with an older man, Hernhutter, and a young one, Val. The train moves off without them being able to catch it up. They will find a village, but cannot get any help because they do not understand a word of what the inhabitants say…Read More »

  • Pascale Ferran – Lady Chatterley (2006)

    2001-2010BelgiumDramaPascale Ferran

    A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence’s erotic tale.

    Sir Clifford has returned from the Great War to his estate near Sheffield, paralyzed from the waist down. Lady Constance, his young wife, cares for him, but she’s lifeless, enervated. Her physician prescribes the open air, and she finds a quiet retreat at the hut – the workplace – of Parkin, the estate’s gamekeeper. The rhythms of nature awaken Connie – daffodils, pheasant chicks – and soon she and Parkin become lovers. She’s now radiant. Parkin, too, opens up. Class distinctions and gender roles may be barriers to the affair becoming more. Connie’s trip to France, with her father and sister, bring the lovers to a nuanced resolution.Read More »

  • Alain Berliner – Ma vie en rose aka My Life in Pink (1997)

    1991-2000Alain BerlinerBelgiumComedyDramaQueer Cinema(s)

    Ma vie en rose (English translation: My Life in Pink) is a 1997 Belgian drama film directed by Alain Berliner. It tells the story of Ludovic, transgender girl who is seen by her family and community as a boy, but consistently communicates that she is a girl. The film depicts Ludovic and her family as they struggle to accept her gender.Read More »

  • Patrice Toye – Muidhond AKA Tench (2019)

    2011-2020BelgiumDramaPatrice Toye

    Quote:
    Due to lack of evidence, Jonathan, a kind hearted young man, is released from prison. He returns to his mother who lives in a small house near the dunes. Jonathan is determined to become a different, better man. But even if he strictly obeys the rules, his good intentions are soon put to the test when a young girl comes to live next to him.Read More »

  • Nabil Ben Yadir – Animals (2021)

    2021-2030BelgiumCrimeDramaNabil Ben YadirQueer Cinema(s)

    Quote:
    Brahim is a young man, his mother’s joy. One day he will find the love of his life. He will become a family man, he will make everyone proud. One day he will be mature and fulfilled. One day.Read More »

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