Belgian
see all genres ›With its French, Dutch and German speakers, Belgium's split personality often rendered its film production too easily overshadowed by neighboring countries' imports. But the last couple of decades have witnessed a rise in high-profile talents like Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.
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Genres / International / European / Belgian
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Aaltra
Comedians Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern, who wrote, directed, and co-star in this irreverent road movie, show a distinct flair for understated physical comedy and defiantly non-PC humor. Rural neighbors who hate each other come to blows one day on a farm and get tangled up in an agricultural tractor, leaving them both...Start your free trial to watch -
Alias
Eva and Patti are unwitting witnesses to the suicide death of a beautiful young girl as she plunges naked to her death out of a fourth story window. Even more shocking, they’ve captured it all on video! Later, the girls are nearly robbed of their camera but the mysterious Dieter comes to their aid. Eva finds herself intrigued...Start your free trial to watch -
Black Night
Oscar, a conservator at the Natural Sciences Museum, passes the days indulging his passion for studying insects; if only there were still days. As long as people can remember, the sun only releases a few pathetic rays for fifteen seconds before noon. The rest of the time, the world is plunged into a night without end, a...Start your free trial to watch
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Children of Love
A beautiful story of family relations, CHILDREN OF LOVE portrays six family members dealing with questions of loyalty and love. Michael, Winnie and Aurelie are three children of divorced parents. It is Friday morning and they are getting ready to spend their weekend with their fathers. Winnie, age twelve,...Start your free trial to watch -
The Fairy
Dom works as a night clerk at a small hotel in the industrial port city of Le Havre. One night, a strangely dressed woman named Fiona arrives and claims she is a fairy. She grants Dom three wishes, and makes his first two wishes come true before mysteriously vanishing. By now, Dom has fallen in love with Fiona, and he...Start your free trial to watch
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In Their Hands
IN THEIR HANDS follows the psychotherapy of vulnerable people, that in some cases have been destroyed by acts of torture. Their speech deals with an inhuman past: they want to stop the pain, rule out the folly and protect their family from the violence that sleeps within them, be understood and recognized; these are the...Start your free trial to watch -
Khadak
Sundance and Toronto Festival hit KHADAK is a magical-realist fable that tells the epic story of Bagi, a young nomad shepherd who confronts his destiny to become a shaman. After a plague strikes their herd, Bagi and his family are relocated to a mining town. There, he saves the life of Zolzaya, a beautiful performer/coal...Start your free trial to watch -
Persona non grata
Prosecuted as a revolutionary, banned as a priest, arrested as a rebel, celebrated as an artist. This is Frans Wuytack’s truly inspiring and overwhelming story. He unchained a social and cultural revolution in the 1960s, changing the lives of people from the Venezuelan slums to the Belgian Ports. An epic...Start your free trial to watch
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Skirt Day
SKIRT DAY is a fascinating psychological study, a socio-critical investigation. Isabelle Adjani plays Sonia Bergerac, a teacher at a tough junior high. Despite the principal's warnings, she wears a skirt to work. She simply wants to teach her class but the insults are just too much. Scared and taking antidepressants, Sonia...Start your free trial to watch -
A Town Called Panic
Hilarious and frequently surreal, the stop-motion extravaganza A TOWN CALLED PANIC has endless charms and raucous laughs for children from eight to eighty. Based on the Belgian animated cult television series (which was released by Aardman Studios), PANIC stars three plastic toys named Cowboy, Indian and...Start your free trial to watch




