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Stijn Coninx is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Assistant Director Belge born on 21 february 1957 at Neerpelt (Belgique)

Stijn Coninx

Stijn Coninx
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Nationality Belgique
Birth 21 february 1957 (67 years) at Neerpelt (Belgique)

Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957 in Neerpelt, Belgium) is a Belgian film director best known for the movie Daens. He was made a Baron by King Albert II of Belgium. He studied film directing at HRITCS (currently Rits, at Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel).

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Stijn Coninx (10 films)

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Director

Marina
Marina (2013)
, 1h40
Directed by Stijn Coninx
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Luigi Lo Cascio, Donatella Finocchiaro, Warre Borgmans, Jelle Florizoone, Vincent Grass, Jappe Claes
Rating71% 3.5944753.5944753.5944753.5944753.594475
Salvatore Granata is a rather poor man who lives with his wife, son and daughter in Calabria in Italy. One day Salvatore decides to move to Belgium to work in the coal mine of Waterschei as a gastarbeider. His family will stay in Italy as Salvatore will only be in Belgium for three years. He hopes to earn much money in a rather small timeframe so he can buy a forge for his son Rocco who is now still a 9 year old boy. After a year, Salvatore decides his family should be with him, so they also move to Belgium. They soon discover the life of a gastarbeider is difficult: they have to live in some kind of barracks, they are neglected by the Belgian people and they do not earn much. They are astonished when they hear Salvatore signed a contract of five years and male children of gastarbeiders are ought to work in the mines as soon they leave high school. Rocco meets Helena, the daughter of the local grocer shop. However, the man is a racist and forbids his daughter to play with Italian boys.
Sister Smile
Sister Smile (2009)
, 2h
Directed by Stijn Coninx
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Cécile de France, Sandrine Blancke, Jan Decleir, Johan Leysen, Marie Kremer, Filip Peeters
Rating64% 3.2459753.2459753.2459753.2459753.245975
Belgium in the 1950s. Jeanine Deckers dreams of becoming a singer and of going to Africa as a missionary. Against her family's wishes, she joins a convent. However, the strict rules become too much for her. She rebels, especially when her guitar is taken from her and when she hears that she'll have to wait several years before being sent to Africa for missionary work. Despite being punished, she is eventually given back her guitar so she can entertain young people visiting the monastery. One day she is filmed by Belgian television while singing and playing music to a group of youngsters. This launches her career as a commercially successful artist, yet everything she earns is sent to the monastery and the head nuns keep her identity secret from the general public, while keeping her success secret from Deckers herself.
When the Light Comes
When the Light Comes (1998)
, 1h55
Directed by Stijn Coninx
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Joachim Król, Rick Engelkes
Rating63% 3.1908953.1908953.1908953.1908953.190895
Young Ellen decides to take a boat journey to Svalbard in northern Norway. She ends up wandering in Spitsbergen, where she spends winter in a cabin on a fjord surrounded by glaciers. She shares a cabin with a Norwegian trapper named Lars as she tries to adapt to the perilous climate and face dangers such as fighting polar bears.
Priest Daens
Priest Daens (1992)
, 2h18
Directed by Stijn Coninx
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about the labor movement, La précarité
Actors Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje De Boeck, Johan Leysen, Linda van Dyck, Jappe Claes
Rating75% 3.794283.794283.794283.794283.79428
Le film relate la vie de l'abbé Adolf Daens, un prêtre catholique flamand, désireux d'aider la classe ouvrière miséreuse des années 1880 à Alost dans leur lutte sociale contre Charles Woeste.
Hector
Hector (1987)
, 1h30
Directed by Stijn Coninx
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Sylvia Millecam, Urbain Servranckx, Frank Aendenboom, Ann Petersen, Chris Cauwenberghs, Maja van den Broecke
Rating68% 3.445933.445933.445933.445933.44593
Hector suit un traitement contre la variole dans un orphelinat. Ses parents ne sont jamais venus le chercher. Trente-cinq ans après, il y vit toujours, entouré d'enfants. Une tante, Ella Mattheusen, se souvient de son existence et l'emmène afin qu'il aide son mari, Achille, dans sa boulangerie. Hector démontre ses compétences par des inventions inattendues et contribue à ce que Jos, le fils d'Achille, réalise son rêve de devenir champion cycliste.

Scriptwriter

Sister Smile
Sister Smile (2009)
, 2h
Directed by Stijn Coninx
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Cécile de France, Sandrine Blancke, Jan Decleir, Johan Leysen, Marie Kremer, Filip Peeters
Rating64% 3.2459753.2459753.2459753.2459753.245975
Belgium in the 1950s. Jeanine Deckers dreams of becoming a singer and of going to Africa as a missionary. Against her family's wishes, she joins a convent. However, the strict rules become too much for her. She rebels, especially when her guitar is taken from her and when she hears that she'll have to wait several years before being sent to Africa for missionary work. Despite being punished, she is eventually given back her guitar so she can entertain young people visiting the monastery. One day she is filmed by Belgian television while singing and playing music to a group of youngsters. This launches her career as a commercially successful artist, yet everything she earns is sent to the monastery and the head nuns keep her identity secret from the general public, while keeping her success secret from Deckers herself.
Priest Daens
Priest Daens (1992)
, 2h18
Directed by Stijn Coninx
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about the labor movement, La précarité
Actors Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje De Boeck, Johan Leysen, Linda van Dyck, Jappe Claes
Roles Writer
Rating75% 3.794283.794283.794283.794283.79428
Le film relate la vie de l'abbé Adolf Daens, un prêtre catholique flamand, désireux d'aider la classe ouvrière miséreuse des années 1880 à Alost dans leur lutte sociale contre Charles Woeste.
Jumping
Jumping (1986)
, 1h45
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Mark Verstraete, Maja van den Broecke, Robbe De Hert
Rating50% 2.5437652.5437652.5437652.5437652.543765
Axel Woestewey, le cynique directeur de la luxueuse maison de repos Semper Vivax, et Pipo Himelsorge, son bras droit, font tout ce qui est imaginable afin de divertir les résidents, qui sont d'ailleurs résolus à payer le nécessaire pour d'extravagantes mises en scènes. Le directeur, marié à la corpulente Bellina, multiplie ses aventures amoureuses avec sa secrétaire, Matti, sa belle-sœur Erika, et Patricia, la petite-fille d'un ministre d'État à la retraite qui désire être accepté comme danseur de claquettes. Ce dernier menace l'établissement de soins infirmiers de fermeture imminente s'il n'est pas engagé. Pipo, amoureux de l'inaccessible Bellina, a un plan pour éliminer le directeur et conquérir sa femme. Lors de la fête annuelle, l'éléphant Mira doit poser sa patte sur un détonateur et faire sauter Axel. Quant à Matti, elle invite toutes les maîtresses du directeur à cette fête. Mais rien ne se passe comme prévu, c'est Bellina que Mira fait exploser. Pipo, abattu, décide de ne pas sauter par la fenêtre et de vivre.

Producer

When the Light Comes
When the Light Comes (1998)
, 1h55
Directed by Stijn Coninx
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Joachim Król, Rick Engelkes
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.1908953.1908953.1908953.1908953.190895
Young Ellen decides to take a boat journey to Svalbard in northern Norway. She ends up wandering in Spitsbergen, where she spends winter in a cabin on a fjord surrounded by glaciers. She shares a cabin with a Norwegian trapper named Lars as she tries to adapt to the perilous climate and face dangers such as fighting polar bears.

Director

Blueberry Hill
Blueberry Hill (1989)

Directed by Robbe De Hert
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Babette van Veen, Hilde Heijnen, Myriam Mézières, Frank Aendenboom, Ronny Coutteure, Bernard Faure
Roles Assistant Director
Rating65% 3.2896253.2896253.2896253.2896253.289625
En 1959, la télévision fait ses premiers pas dans la conquête du monde, James Dean est l'idole du moment, Laïka devient le premier chien dans l'espace, à Bruxelles on parle toujours de "L'Expo" et, dans un autre endroit de Belgique, les élèves de la classe de 5e technique préparent déjà les grandes vacances.