Tag Archives: Belge cinema

the lost hammer (Film: Patrick – Tim Mielants, 2019)

Posted on February 8, 2020 by admin

Belgian director Tim Mielants already has an impressive number of episodes in television series on his record. ‘Patrick‘ is his first feature film for the big screen and it is clear the director’s effort to liberate himself off the pattern … Continue reading →

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guilt and responsibility (film: La fille inconnue – Dardenne brothers, 2016)

Posted on October 17, 2016 by admin

It’s a small and dull city as many other in Belgium and Europe. It is inhabited by a mixed population, ‘local’ Europeans, more recent but well integrated Europeans (some of them are police inspectors), recent immigrants, some legal, some not. … Continue reading →

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the merry Reformation (Film: Le tout nouveau testament – Jaco Van Dormael, 2015)

Posted on October 5, 2015 by admin

You can hardly get a better set of premises for a film than the ones of Le tout nouveau testament or The Brand New Testament by Belge director Jaco Van Dormael. Bored being, one day, God created Bruxelles (quite a … Continue reading →

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Stolen Childhood (Film: Le gamin au velo – Dardenne brothers, 2011)

Posted on September 23, 2012 by admin

Cyril, ‘le gamin’ in Le gamin au velo (The Kid with a Bike) has all the reasons to be angry. His father left him, after sending him to a public dormitory school he just disappeared trying to rebuild his life. … Continue reading →

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