Category Archives: Belgium
Hop (2002)
“Don’t worry, I’m not going to blow anything up.” Apparently the salient characteristic of an anarchist is the irrepressible desire to blow things up. Well at least that’s the case in the film Hop from director Dominque Standaert. The story … Continue reading
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Private Property (2006)
“You can afford lingerie, but when your kids need money, you’re out.” The Belgium film, Private Property, is a tale of a destroyed, dysfunctional family. Apart from the fact that there’s a divorce in the background, we don’t really know … Continue reading
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La Promesse (1996)
Dark coming-of-age story Teenager Igor (Jeremie Renier) and his glum father Roger (Olivier Gourmet) run a business smuggling illegal aliens into Belgium. Once there, the aliens are at Roger’s mercy, and he exploits this by stashing them in dilapidated buildings, … Continue reading
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Australia (1989)
“I wanted to be left alone.” In the film, Australia wool merchant Edouard Pierson (Jeremy Irons) returns to his native Belgium to help salvage the failing family wool business. Edouard, a pilot during WWII, immigrated to Australia 10 years earlier … Continue reading
Filed under Belgium, Fanny Ardant
The Wall (1998)
“This chip van is all our lives.” The Belgium comedy film The Wall begins by exploring the country’s linguistic differences through a brief history and some historical footage. There’s the Dutch speaking North, and the French speaking South–known as Wallonia. … Continue reading
L’Enfant (2005)
“We’ll have another.” When the film L’Enfant begins, teenage mother Sonia (Deborah Francois) returns to her squalid little flat with her new baby, Jimmy. In her absence, however, the baby’s father, petty criminal Bruno (Jeremie Renier), has ‘sublet’ the flat … Continue reading
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