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Aug 22, 2016 · Outcompete the UK on heritage? Flanders did it. When the makers of the BBC TV series The White Queen were looking for a medieval setting for their story about England’s Wars of the Roses, they chose Belgian towns and cities like Bruges, Ghent, Ypres, Ronse and even little Rumbeke ahead of London.
- Suite Française
- Brussels by Night
- The Brand New Testament
- Daughters of Darkness
- Odette Toulemonde
- Blue Is The Warmest Colour
- Mandy
- Black
- Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
- In Bruges
Suite Française is a romantic drama film directed by Saul Dibb and starring Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Matthias Schoenaerts. It is based on the second part of Irène Némirovsky’s novel Suite Française, published in 2004. The film revolves around Lucille Angelier (Williams), who sees her husband leave at the outbreak of World War II...
Brussels by Nightis a Belgian drama film directed by former journalist Marc Didden and starring François Beukelaers, Ingrid De Vos, and Amid Chakir. The film has an important place in Belgian film history because of its bleak and grey atmosphere and stream of consciousness structure which were a sharp contrast with the more conventional films that ...
The Brand New Testamentis a fantasy/comedy film and a co-production among Belgium, France, and Luxembourg. The film was written, produced, and directed by Jaco Van Dormael, and stars Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde and Catherine Deneuve. In this movie, God is living in Brussels and is a coward, with questionable morals and a hateful attitude toward ...
Daughters of Darkness is a Belgian erotic horror film in the English language, directed by Harry Kümel and starring Delphine Seyrig, Danielle Ouimet, and Andrea Rau. The film tells the story of a newlywed couple that is traveling through Europe and stops off at a grand hotel on the Ostend seafront in Belgium on their way to England. They meet a bea...
Odette Toulemondeis a comedy film directed by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt; it is a co-production between Belgium and France. The film stars Catherine Frot, Albert Dupontel, and Jacques Weber. The film is about a woman named Odette who not only has a vivid imagination and unbridled optimism, but also has a very special gift: a euphoric and infectious zest...
Blue Is the Warmest Colouris a romance film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, and starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The film tells the story of 15-year-old Adele, whose life is changed forever when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woma...
Mandyis a psychological horror film directed by Panos Cosmatos and stars Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, and Linus Roache. The film is a co-production of the United States and Belgium. The film is about a broken man named Red Miller, who has lived in the jungle in the year 1983 since the kidnapping and murder of the love of his life, Mandy. All h...
Black is a Belgian crime film directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, and it is based on the books Black and Backby Dirk Bracke. The film stars Martha Canga Antonio, Aboubakr Bensaïhi, and Emmanuel Tahon. The movie tells the raw story of 15-year-old Mavela, a black girl and a member of the feared Brussels youth gang ‘Black Bronx.’ She is brutal...
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Childrenis a fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and stars Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, and Eva Green. The film is about a teenage boy called Jacob that follows clues that lead him to a mysterious island. There he discovers the ruins of Miss Peregrine’s school for special children. As he explores the deserted ha...
Probably one of the most famous Belgian films outside of Belgium, In Brugesis a comedy/crime film written and directed by Martin McDonagh in his directorial debut. The film stars Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes. The movie is about two hitmen, Ray (Farrell) and Ken (Gleeson), who travel to Belgium to hide out until things calm down...
Best Belgian Films. by maarten-keirsebilck • Created 9 years ago • Modified 6 years ago. The best movies made in Belgium or by Belgian directors.
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Jun 4, 2023 · For any film fans curious to discover Belgium’s classic movies, here are the ten Belgian films you should watch at least once in your life, in no specific order. Brussels by Night (1983) – Marc Didden
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1973) “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels” is a Belgian-French film from 1975, directed by Chantal Akerman.
- The Music Teacher (1988) “The Music Teacher” is a Swedish film released in 1988, directed by Kay Pollak. The film tells the story of a successful but emotionally distant music teacher named Marta, who is confronted with her own personal demons when she reconnects with a former lover and discovers that she has a long-lost son.
- Toto the Hero (1991) “Toto the Hero” is a Belgian-French-German co-production film from 1991, directed by Belgian filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael. The film is a darkly comic fantasy drama that tells the story of Thomas, a man who believes that he was switched at birth with his neighbor, Alfred, and has spent his life plotting his revenge against him.
- Man Bites Dog (1992) Man Bites Dog is a Belgian black comedy crime mockumentary film from 1992, directed by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, and Benoît Poelvoorde.
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100 Greatest Belgian Movies. by utkuozver • Created 2 years ago • Modified 5 months ago. List activity. 31 views. 0 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 4 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Man Bites Dog. 1992 1h 35m NC-17. 7.4 (44K) Rate. 67 Metascore.
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