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Actors: Ina Geerts, Johanna ter Steege, Johan Leysen, Natali Broods, Elmo Mistlaen
Synopsis: A handful of people living in a Belgian suburb react in a variety of ways to news of a tragic accident in this multilayered drama. One evening, Francis (Johan Leysen) returns home from a long day at the office with a large dent on the front of his car and a clearly unsettled frame of mind, both of Read More
Actors: Kevin Janssens, Jan Decleir, Koen de Bouw, Josse de Pauw, Katelijne Damen
Synopsis: A budding pugilist who befriends a boxing trainer in a Nazi prison camp rises through the ranks while haunted by the accidental death of his beloved younger brother in director Guido Hendrickx's entry into the 2007 Montreal World Film Festival. Scrappy fighter Stan Vandewalle and seasoned trainer Read More
Actors: Carmen Maura, Jacques Gamblin, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Raphaëlle Molinier, Pedro Romero
Synopsis: One man finds himself pulled in three directions at once by his family and a chance acquaintance in this breakneck comedy. Miguel (Jacques Gamblin) is a single parent and Spanish expatriate living in Belgium who has to deal with a young daughter, Laura (Raphaelle Molinier), his busybody mother Read More
Actors: Josse de Pauw, Werner De Smedt, Eva Van Der Gucht, Thekla Reuten, Victor Löw
Synopsis: Just how far should a father go to help his daughter gain fame and fortune? Jean (Josse De Pauw) lives in a working-class Belgian community, where he holds down a job at a bottle factory with his friend Willy (Werner De Smedt). Jean and his wife Chantal (Gert Portael) have a teenage daughter Read More
Actors: Fedja van Huêt
Synopsis: Post-teenage angst sets the stage for this low-key drama from the Netherlands. Leen (Fedja van Huet) was born and raised in a quiet fishing village along the coast of Holland. Leen's hometown is the sort of place where nothing much ever happens, and as he's grown into adulthood, he's become bored Read More
Actors: Dirk Roofthooft, Josse de Pauw, Hilde Van Mieghem, Lies Pauwels, Johanne Saunier
Synopsis: In this Belgian comedy, two brothers are brought together by the death of their mother. In debt to gangsters, crude and aggressive Roger (Dirk Roofthooft) anticipates an inheritance but goes to Plan B after the mother's will indicates she sold her assets. To escape his creditors, he hits the road Read More
Synopsis: This French-Belgian drama, based on a novel by Odon von Horvath, is set in 1938 in a German city along the banks of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. It attempts to provide insight as to why certain German youths were so easily lead into becoming Nazis by using two narrators, one a teacher who challenged Read More
Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou, Isabelle Sadoyan, Henri Garcin
Synopsis: Two men with seemingly nothing in common become unlikely friends in this drama from France. Harry (Daniel Auteuil) is a salesman working for a large but faceless corporation, where he's become a success at the expense of his personal life. His wife Julie (Miou-Miou), frustrated by his lack of Read More
Actors: John Rhys-Davies, Alyssa Milano, Ben Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Megan Ward, French Stewart, Vien Hong, Vinnie DeRamus, Spalding Gray
Synopsis: "El Rancho," a sort of punk rock Animal House, is the setting for this college drama. Five roommates live in this group house on the cusp of college graduation. Jack (a mohawk-wearing Ben Affleck) is an art major pining over his ex-girlfriend, while Rob (Sam Rockwell) fears domestication after Read More
Actors: Rene Groothof, Nino Manfredi, Veerle Dobbelaere, Gene Bervoets, Rene van't Hof
Synopsis: This Dutch adventure drama chronicles the birth and preservation of a Flemish legend. The tale begins in mid-16th century Flanders when Spain ruled the area. A peasant revolt is in progress and a gang of rebels is seen lugging the giant head of a statue onto Nettelneck's farm. Just then the Read More
Synopsis: For his second outing as a director, filmmaker Philip Ridley once again enlisted the talents of Viggo Mortensen, who starred in Ridley's debut, The Reflecting Skin, and co-stars here with Ashley Judd and Brendan Fraser. Fraser plays Darkley Noon, a disturbed young man who received a sheltered Read More
Actors: Josse de Pauw, Ann-Gisele Glass, Sylvie Milhaud, Charles Berling
Synopsis: This buddy-movie chronicles the exploits of two aspiring artists and their girlfriends as they try to achieve their dreams. The film is set in Antwerp during 1959. Jack is a sax player and his girl, Anita, a singer. As the story begins, they are seen practicing a bee-bop song in a small hall. Jack Read More
Actors: Michel Bouquet, Jo de Backer, Thomas Godet, Mireille Perrier, Gisela Uhlen, Sandrine Blancke
Synopsis: Former circus performer Jaco Van Dormael made his feature-film directing bow with the Belgian/French/German coproduction Toto Le Héros. The title character is an fictional supersecret agent, idolized by a young boy named Thomas. The lad aspires to become Toto when he grows up; but thanks to a Read More
Actors: Joe Mantegna, Ornella Muti, Faye Dunaway, Michael Bacall, Burt Young
Synopsis: Based on the novel by John Fante, this film follows the trials of the Bandini family as they try to struggle through hard times in 1920s Colorado. Out of work and in need of money, Svevo Bandini (Joe Mantegna) tries to scrounge up the money his family needs to make it through the winter, while Read More
Actors: Carole Courtoy, Gabriel Arcand, Josse de Pauw, Bernadette Lafont, Lucas Belvaux
Synopsis: Financial backers from three different countries--Belgium, Canada, France--converged upon the domestic drama L'Air de Rein (Easy In Mind). Carole Courtoy stars as a woman who is convinced that she has only a few months to live. In the time left, she wanders through various European communities Read More
Actors: Jim Van Der Woude, Stephane Excoffier, Josse de Pauw, John Kraaykamp, Tom van Dort
Synopsis: Accidentally stepping off a train at some God-forsaken whistle stop, a worldly, elegantly dressed Frenchwoman (Stéphane Excoffier) finds shelter in the cabin of a lonely Dutch pointsman (Jim van der Woude), whose life consists mainly of his work, daily housekeeping, and sleep. Using gestures Read More
Actors: Josse de Pauw, Michaël Pas, Gene Bervoets, Amid Chakir
Synopsis: If you like the title of this Belgian production, you'll love its source, a story by Charles Bukowski titled The Copulating Mermaid of Venice, Calif. Actually the film draws material from three different Bukowski stories to outline three crucial stages in a man's life. The hero begins as a 12-year Read More
Actors: Urbanus, Sylvia Millecam, Mark van Eeghem
Synopsis: Hector (Urbanus) is a 35-year-old mentally challenged adult who has spent most of his life in an orphanage. His opportunistic uncle Achiel (Frank Aendenboom) retrieves Hector in order to put him to work. Achiel hopes the move will free his own son from his chores and give him time to train for an Read More
Actors: Alex Van Warmerdam, Henri Garcin, Olga Zuiderhoek, Annet Malherbe
Synopsis: This satirical Dutch film was the debut of its director-writer-star, Alex Van Warmerdam. Abel is a 31-year old man who still lives with his parents and is petrified of the outside world. His parents try their best to socialize him -- in some very funny scenes -- before his father (Henri Garcin) Read More
Actors: Hidde Maas, Jack Monkau, Annick Christiaens, Josse de Pauw, Chris Lomme
Synopsis: Director Bobby Eerhart and second-unit director Hans Scheepmaker) have fashioned a convoluted but standard shock-and-schlock story beginning with Deleye (Josse de Pauw), a poacher and his wife Sybil (Chris Lomme) and ending with almost everyone dead except the cameraman. Deleye and Sybil live in Read More
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