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Films from the country "belgique", sorted by rating
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The Misfortunates (2009)
, 1h48Directed by Felix Van Groeningen
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Johan Heldenbergh, Valentijn Dhaenens, Natali Broods, Sara De Bosschere, Tom Audenaert
Writer Gunther Strobbe made his ladyfriend pregnant and looks back at this youth. He lived together with his father, grandmother and uncles in a house in the fictitious town of Reetveerdegem. Much of his youth was about drinking, cigarettes, women, and truancy. Heavier themes include addiction, criminality, and death.
Bullhead (2011)
, 2h8Directed by Michaël R. Roskam
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian, Tibo Vandenborre, Frank Lammers
In a small town near the Belgian border, cattle farmer Jacky visits a distant relative and intimidates him into selling cows. In the local area, a mafia deals in illegal hormones and controls the cattle and meat trade. The farmers sell cows to the mafia, who inject the cows with hormones and the cows are made into food. We soon learn that Jacky is injecting himself with steroids intended for cattle.
Loft (2008)
, 1h58Directed by Erik Van Looy
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Jan Decleir, Koen De Bouw, Veerle Baetens, Filip Peeters, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marie Vinck
Five married men share ownership of an upmarket loft, which they use to discreetly meet their respective mistresses. When the body of a murdered woman is found in that loft, the men begin to suspect each other of having committed the gruesome crime, as they are the only ones with keys to the premises. Through flashbacks, which are intertwined by scenes from the present, the story is unravelled.
Ben X (2007)
, 1h33Directed by Nic Balthazar
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about computing, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Films about school violence
Actors Greg Timmermans, Marijke Pinoy, Pol Goossen, Laura Verlinden, Gilles de Schrijver, Titus De Voogdt
Teenage Ben is frequently bullied at school. To escape his harsh reality, he turns to a virtual world by playing an online game, ArchLord. In the game, he is a confident and brave hero. Moreover, he collaborates his adventures with another online user known in-game as Scarlite.
Two Days, One Night (2014)
, 1h35Directed by Frères Dardenne
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Salée, Pili Groyne, Christelle Cornil
In Seraing, an industrial town in Liège, Belgium, Sandra is a young wife and mother, who works in a small solar-panel factory. She suffers a nervous breakdown and is forced to take time off from her job. During her absence, her colleagues realize they are able to cover her shifts by working slightly longer hours and the management proposes a €1,000 bonus to all staff if they agree to make Sandra redundant. Sandra later returns to work and discovers that her fate rests in the hands of her sixteen co-workers, and she must visit each of them over the course of a weekend to persuade them to reject the monetary bonus. However, most of the co-workers need the proposed bonus for their own families and Sandra faces an uphill battle to keep her job before the crucial vote on Monday morning.
News from Home (1977)
, 1h25Directed by Chantal Akerman
Origin Belgique
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about cities, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Chantal Akerman
Le film News from Home se compose de longues séquences, montrant différents lieux de New York, sur lesquelles la réalisatrice lit en voix-off des lettres que sa mère lui a envoyées entre 1971 et 1973, lorsque la cinéaste vivait dans cette ville.
Come As You Are (2011)
, 1h48Directed by Geoffrey Enthoven
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about automobiles, Films about cancer, Films about disabilities, Road movies, Erotic thriller films, Buddy films, Films about virginity
Actors Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Gilles de Schrijver, Tom Audenaert, Isabelle de Hertogh, Karlijn Sileghem, Johan Heldenbergh
The Flemish boys Lars, Philip and Jozef are somewhere between 20 and 30 years of age and each has a physical handicap. Jozef is almost blind and needs to use a magnifier. Philip suffers from paraplegia. He can only move his head and can use one hand which gives him the strength to control his automated wheelchair. Lars has an incurable brain tumor a side effect of which is that he is restricted to a wheelchair as a result of his increasing paralysis. The three are good friends and visit each other frequently.
The Ax (2005)
, 2h2Directed by Costa-Gavras
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors José Garcia, Karin Viard, Olivier Gourmet, Geordy Monfils, Christa Theret, Ulrich Tukur
The 39-year-old chemist Bruno Davert has been working for a Belgian paper mill for 15 years, improving products and saving money for the shareholders. One day, the company announces that it is forced to "downsize", so 600 staff are laid off and many of their jobs are instead outsourced to a company in Romania. The result is a 16% increase in dividends to the company shareholders.
The Music Teacher (1988)
, 1h40Directed by Gérard Corbiau
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Philippe Volter, Anne Roussel, Sylvie Fennec, Patrick Bauchau, Johan Leysen, Jean Musin
Retired opera singer Joachim Dallayrac (van Dam) retreats to the countryside to teach two young singers, Sophie (Anne Roussel) and Jean (Philippe Volter). Although the rigorous training takes its toll on both teacher and students, there is plenty of time for relationships to develop between the three.
Blush (2005)
, 53minutesDirected by Wim Vandekeybus
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films
Actors Wim Vandekeybus, Ina Geerts
Blush présente une exploration en images et en chorégraphie de la problématique, récurrente chez Vandekeybus, de l'inconscient sauvage au sein de forêts et paysages paradisiaques de la Corse et des bas-fonds de Bruxelles. Le thème du mariage et de la séparation, inspiré d'Orphée et Eurydice, dans leur violence est au centre de l'histoire.
Approved for Adoption (2012)
, 1h15Directed by Laurent Boileau
Origin Belgique
Genres Documentary, Animation
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Cathy Boquet, Christelle Cornil, William Coryn, Jean-Luc Couchard, Nathalie Homs, David Murgia
Jung Sik-jun est un jeune garçon né à Séoul, en Corée du Sud, en 1965. Dans le cadre d'un programme d'adoption après la guerre de Corée, il est adopté par une famille belge en 1971 et grandit en Belgique. Le film relate les moments importants de son enfance et de son adolescence en alternant des séquences documentaires actuelles, des images d'archive et des scènes animées formant des reconstitutions fictionnelles de moments du passé de Jung.
Sounds of Sand (2007)
, 1h36Directed by Marion Hänsel
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Le désert
Actors Carole Karemera, Marco Prince, Emil Abossolo M'Bo
Quelque part en Afrique, une famille poussée par la sécheresse part chercher de l'eau.
Life Lesson (1995)
Origin Belgique
Genres Documentary
Actors Antoine Bonfanti, Raymonde Carasco, Micha Wald
Variations poétiques et philosophiques autour du thème du Paradis perdu, ou la perte d'innocence obligée pour atteindre la connaissance. Ici, quelques dizaines d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants, tentent de dialoguer solitairement avec la nature, I'eau, le ciel, les fleurs, les arbres, les insectes... à la recherche du silence et de l'invisible, tout ce que la ville et la société d'aujourd'hui essayent de masquer et d'étouffer. Leurs cris, leurs messages se croisent et se répondent, comme des échos dans la montagne, ou des ondes dans l'eau, qui sont l'essence et la respiration du monde.
Nous quatre (2016)
Directed by Stéphane Hénocque
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Marcos Adamantiadis, Renaud Rutten
David a une maladie nécessitant une greffe osseuse, pour cela, il doit retrouver son vrai père. Pour le retrouver, il fait appel à trois potes qu'il a perdu de vue. Ils vont vivre des aventures dans un périple les emmenant à travers la Belgique.