Belgium
Category: Foreign
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SKU: D01374
Middle-aged widow Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig) adds a decidedly unconventional "hobby" to her daily domestic duties by working as a part-time prostitute to better support herself and her young son. This unsparing, idiosyncratic drama from writer/director Chantal Akerman follows Dielman over the course of three days, when she suddenly ... more
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SKU: D03114
Five works by Belgian director Chantal Akerman are showcased in this program that highlights the films that launched her acclaimed, boundary-shattering career in experimental film. The silent short "La Chambre" (1972), in which Akerman herself appears, dramatizes how apartment clutter is transformed into a compelling still life exercise; ... more
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Crazy Love(1987)
SKU: D65223
Belgian anthology offers three filmizations of stories by poet-author Charles Bukowski, centering on the obsessive love of lead character Harry Voss over a 20-year period. The first story tells of young Harry's desire for the actress who played a princess in a movie he saw. In the second, a teenage Harry tries to win a beautiful classmate's ... more
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SKU: D37529
An extraordinary commentary on screen violence, chronicling the life of a ruthless, loquacious serial killer who murders for the fun of it. A TV news crew filming a profile on the psychopath is slowly drawn into his maniacal path in this disturbing, darkly funny mockumentary from co-director/stars Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel and Benoit ... more
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From The East(1993)
FullscreenSKU: D08757
Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman embarked on a journey throughout Eastern Europe, starting in East Germany and ending in Moscow. In her resulting documentary, Akerman captures her travels--lasting from the end of summer through winter--to reveal a stunning snapshot of multiple regions ... more
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La Promesse(1996)
SKU: D28213
Unforgettable, lyrical drama tells of Igor, a teenage thief whose father is a master swindler specializing in sneaking illegal immigrant workers into his Belgian city. Much to the dismay of his father, Igor tries to change his sordid lifestyle by helping Assita, an African refugee whose husband they killed. Jeremie Renier, Olivier ... more
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Ma Vie En Rose(1997)
WidescreenSKU: D15527
Seven-year-old Ludovic enjoys playing dress-up with lipstick and high heels and plans to marry a male classmate...which would be fine, except that Ludovic is a boy. His gender-bending play is met with bemusement at first by his parents, but the family soon faces scorn and ostracism by their suburban Belgian community. A lyrical, funny ... more
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Rosetta(1999)
SKU: D08436
Told in vignettes of highly realistic and subtle power, this art film from Belgian filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne focuses on the life of a young woman(Emilie Dequenne) living with her mother in a seedy trailer park. As Rosetta desperately yearns to escape her edge-of-poverty existence, a narrative filled ... more
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La Captive (The Captive)(2000)
SKU: D71200
Transposing Marcel Proust's novel "La Prisonniere" to contemporary France, Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman creates a moody and hypnotic tale of love and obsession. Well-to-do Parisian Simon (Stanislas Merhar) shares his vast apartment with his ailing grandmother (Francoise Bertin) and Ariane (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whom ... more
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Thomas In Love(2001)
SKU: D33474
In the near future, the agoraphobic Thomas conducts all his business, including fulfilling his sexual needs, through the use of his computer videophone. But when his online therapist insists he try to meet a real woman, Thomas becomes enamored with Eva, a government-employed prostitute and convicted criminal. Innovative Belgian sci-fi/comedy, ... more
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SKU: D44126
The work required at a food processing plant is equated with the claustrophobic experience of prison life, in this emotional drama from France. As seen through parallel narratives following a convict (Severine Caneele) whose mysterious crime has taken her from one hell into another, and a union leader (Sophie Leboutte) suffering ... more
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SKU: D46452
This bracing film from Belgium depicts the effects of divorce on each of three young children. Filmed in the style of a documentary, the naturalistic drama follows the children as they prepare to leave their twice-divorced mother (Nathalie Stas) for a weekend with their fathers. Winnie Vigilante, Michael Philpot also star. 87 min. Soundtrack: ... more
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The Son (Le Fils)(2002)
WidescreenSKU: D71656
A Belgian teenager, recently released from a juvenile home after committing a vicious crime years earlier, is taken under the wing of a carpenter for vocational training. The dark secret that links the two--and which only the carpenter is aware of--drives this emotionally powerful tale of pain and redemption. Olivier Gourmet, Morgan ... more
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Alias(2002)
SKU: D75180
In the tradition of "The Ring" comes this fright-packed Belgian thriller focusing on a pair of girls who become caught up in a world of terror after accidentally filming a young woman's suicide. When muggers attempt to steal their camera, the girls are rescued by a stranger with mysterious intentions. Hilde De Baerdemaeker, Geert Hunaerts, ... more
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Hop(2002)
SKU: D95464
The consequences of racism are explored in this striking Belgian drama following an African teen who lives with his father in a predominantly white Brussels neighborhood. When his dad is caught by the authorities for being an illegal immigrant, the youth tries to save him from being deported with the help of a reclusive communist. Thoughtful ... more
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Resistance(2003)
WidescreenSKU: D97781
Based on the novel by Anita Shreve, this epic drama stars Bill Paxton as an American fighter pilot who is shot down while carrying out a reconnaissance mission over Nazi-occupied Belgium. After getting rescued by members of an underground resistance movement, he is nursed back to health by married beauty Julia Ormond. But when the pair ... more
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Aaltra(2004)
SKU: D79643
The antagonism between two Belgian men--telecommuting office worker Ben and farmhand Gus--escalates into an all-out brawl and an accident with a tractor that leaves both men paralyzed and confined to wheelchairs. Forced to rely on each other, Gus and Ben set out on a trouble-plagued transcontinental trip to confront the Finnish firm ... more
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Steve + Sky(2004)
SKU: D86235
Diminutive hoodlum Steve (Titus de Voogdt) enters into a shaggy relationship with statuesque stripper Sky (Delfine Bafort). Steve's former cellmate Jean-Claude (Johan Heldenbergh) plans to open a new strip club, employing the couple as manager and star performer. The film's fractured narrative highlights Steve and Sky's odd-couple ... more
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L'Iceberg(2005)
SKU: D47615
The manager of a fast food restaurant accidentally locks herself in the establishment's walk-in freezer overnight. Emerging frosty but alive, she develops an unhealthy obsession with and attraction to the cold, leaving home in pursuit of an iceberg she plans to make her new home. Virtually dialogue-free pantomime comedy from Belgium ... more
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L'Enfant (The Child)(2005)
WidescreenSKU: D89231
Treating his newborn son like just another possession, small-time thief Bruno (Jeremie Renier) surreptitiously auctions the child on the black market for some quick cash, to the horror of Sonia (Deborah Francois), his young girlfriend. After Sonia is hospitalized in shock, Bruno undertakes the ... more
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Black Night (Nuit Noire)(2005)
SKU: D98987
Inhabiting a pitch-black world where daylight lasts only 15 seconds, an obsessive entomologist haunted by memories of his dead sister comes home one day to find a gravely ill African woman waiting in his bed. Their connection leads to a series of sensual, nightmarish incidents that blur the divisions between the corporeal and dream ... more
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WidescreenSKU: D55838
Thrilling nautical actioner from Belgium about a maverick military diver (Kevin Janssens) who gets busted after breaking one too many rules and winds up assigned to a search and rescue unit. When his team receives a distress call from a ship on fire, Janssens is faced with the toughest choice of his life. Will he throw his career away ... more
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Khadak(2006)
WidescreenSKU: D99188
When a young Mongolian shepherd faces the loss of his herd from a plague and the government insists he abandon his sheep, he moves to a mining town where he meets a beautiful coal thief. Soon, the shepherd learns that the plague was a ruse designed to eradicate the nomadic lifestyle, and he launches a revolution with the help of his ... more
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Ben X(2007)
SKU: D01289
Because teenaged Ben (Greg Timmermans) is afflicted with a variant of autism known as Asperger syndrome, his relationships suffer due to the combination of his fierce intelligence and poor communication skills. Retreating into the world of an Internet role-playing game, Ben courts life advice from a female gamer who aims to help Ben ... more
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Ex Drummer(2007)
WidescreenSKU: D05730
Darkly comedic Belgian drama concerns three handicapped punk rockers who go in search of a drummer for their struggling band. They decide upon a writer and local celebrity whose inability to play the drums perfectly fits in with their anarchic approach to music. But through their relationship with him, the pals find their world rapidly ... more
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Eldorado(2008)
WidescreenSKU: D01286
When a vintage car dealer discovers a cocky burglar hiding inside his home, the would-be victim makes the surprising choice of not only befriending the criminal, but offering him a ride home to his parents in his beat-up Chevrolet. What ensues is an unlikely road trip full of intimate moments and offbeat observations. Bouli Lanners, ... more
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Left Bank (Linkeroever)(2008)
SKU: D01774
Professional runner Marie (Eline Kuppens) is sidelined by bizarre changes taking place inside her body after moving into her boyfriend's apartment. As her situation grows more frightening and extreme, the couple discovers that the building has a history of evil. An erotic shocker reminiscent of "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Tenant," this ... more
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Lorna's Silence(2008)
WidescreenSKU: D03027
In order to achieve Belgian citizenship, Albanian native Lorna (Arta Dobroshi) carries out a sham marriage to a drug addict (Jeremie Renier). Her arrangement involves a plan for her to then marry a Russian man in a similar scheme after her first husband is murdered. Fate and biology intervene to complicate matters ... more
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Moscow, Belgium(2008)
WidescreenSKU: D03323
Postal worker and single mother Matty (Barbara Sarafian) experiences a jolt in life after a minor car accident involving younger man Johnny (Jurgen Delnaet) also brings them together romantically. It's a welcome turn of events until her philandering husband returns home and wants a resumption of their former life. Belgian comedy-drama ... more
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A Town Called Panic(2009)
WidescreenSKU: D81853
It's a town populated by plastic figures, and in this wonderfully wacky stop-motion animated feature (based on a series of short films seen on Belgian TV), housemates Cowboy and Indian's attempt to build a barbecue pit as a birthday gift for their pal Horse lands the trio in a wild escapade involving a volcano, a giant robot penguin, ... more
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Altiplano(2009)
WidescreenSKU: D82258
A war photographer travels to a remote region of the Peruvian Andes where her husband, an eye doctor, met a violent end after he and other physicians were attacked by villagers who thought them responsible for illnesses caused by the local silver mines. The grieving widow soon discovers her personal journey to be intimately linked to ... more
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Beyond The Steppes(2010)
WidescreenSKU: D08416
In 1940 a young Polish woman (Agnieszka Grochowska) and her infant are deported by the Soviet Army to a labor camp in the USSR's furthest outlands. When the baby turns ill and her captors deny help, they make a daring escape into Siberia, making some unlikely allies along the way. Powerful tale of survival co-stars Aleksandra Justa, ... more
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Bullhead(2011)
WidescreenSKU: D07935
What does it mean to be a man? For cattle rancher Jacky (Matthias Schoenaerts), it means pumping his body full of steroids until his muscles are practically bursting. It means getting involved with some Flemish mobsters working a meat-trading deal.And, it means confronting a past trauma when the deal falls apart and a federal agent ... more
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The Kid With A Bike(2011)
SKU: D09558
Boys' home resident Cyril (Thomas Doret) uses his beloved bicycle to escape confinement and seek out the father (Jeremie Renier) who abandoned him with the long-broken promise of his return. Losing his mode of transport brings the boy into contact with Samantha (Cecile De France), who offers him a new home but ... more
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North Sea Texas(2011)
WidescreenSKU: D09606
Shy Belgian teenager Pim (Ben Van den Heuvel) works through his first crush in this sensitive, gay-themed drama--developing an infatuation with Gino (Nathan Naenen), his attractive neighbor, just as his single mother (Eva van der Gucht) starts up a new relationship. Pim's dreams of getting closer to Gino are threatened when Gino shows ... more
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The Giants(2011)
WidescreenSKU: D18692
Left by their absentee mom to fend for themselves in their late grandfather's rural summer home, a pair of teenage brothers hit on a solution for their spending cash woes. They decide to live off the land...after, of course, renting the property out to a local drug dealer to raise a pot crop! Quirky coming-of-age effort from Belgium ... more
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Time Of My Life(2012)
WidescreenSKU: D22421
The longtime friendship between politician Mario and doctor Thomas has survived many crises, including a mutual attraction to the same woman. But their relationship faces its ultimate test when Mario is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and, while he pushes to legalize euthanasia in Belgium, seeks Thomas' help in ending his suffering. ... more
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WidescreenSKU: D20140
Ten short films by Olivier Smolders are presented in this collection, revealing the Belgian filmmaker as an artist fascinated by the symbolic, the sensual, and the bizarre. Includes "Neuvaine" (1984), an unsettling exploration of religion; "L'Art D'Aimer" (1985), in which nursing home residents discuss a violent incident; "Adoration" ... more
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