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Original Title: Belgica
126' | 2016 (Completed)
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| Director: | Felix van Groeningen |
| Producer: | Dirk Impens |
| Writer: | Arne Sierens, Felix van Groeningen |
Two brothers start a bar and get swept up in its success in the midst of Belgium's nightlife scene.
synopsis
- Belgica is the story of two brothers: charismatic and temperamental Frank - a husband, father, and incurable womaniser - and his ambitious-but-green younger brother Jo, who owns a bar called Belgica. They become business partners and quickly Belgica becomes the place to be for great music, beautiful people, and debauched fun - until they learn that running a business on this scale is more complicated than they realised, and their relationship and personal lives suffer. Belgica is an immersive experience of the excess and euphoria of being in the hottest nightclub in town. Set to the eclectic sounds of acclaimed Belgian band Soulwax, the film shows the brothers' intoxicating ascent to success - and the crash and burn that follows. Belgica is about living in the moment and realising that moving forward is not only inevitable but necessary.
- Frank et Jo, deux frères, se sont progressivement éloignés. Ils se rapprochent lorsque Frank s’implique dans la gestion du café de Jo. A deux, ils en font rapidement le lieu incontournable de la vie nocturne: un antre de la débauche qui transpire le rock-‘n-roll et où tout semble possible. Pendant un temps du moins… car la fête ne s’arrête jamais et se transforme vite en trip addictif.
- Twee broers, Frank en Jo, zijn elkaar uit het oog verloren… tot Frank begint te werken in het café van Jo. Een gouden zet, want binnen de kortste keren wordt Belgica dé hotspot van het nachtleven. Een zelfverklaard oord van verderf, waar de rock-'n-roll van de bezwete muren spat. The sky lijkt the limit, voor even toch, want het nachtleven is een verslavende trip en de wereld staat nooit stil.
Film
Credits
Director
Felix van GroeningenProducer
Dirk ImpensWriter
Arne Sierens, Felix van GroeningenCast
Tom Vermeir, Stefaan De Winter, Silvanus Saow, Sara De Bosschere, Sam Louwyck, Hélène Devos, Dominique Van Malder, Charlotte Vandermeersch, Boris Van Severen, Ben BenaouisseEditing
Nico LeunenPhotography
Ruben ImpensArt direction
Kurt RigolleCostume
Ann LauwerysSound
Jan DecaMakeup
Diana DreesenMusic
Soulwax
Format
Creation details
Type
FilmCategory
FictionProduction share
Majority Flemish ProductionBelgiumGenre
Year of production
2016Production status
CompletedOriginal title
BelgicaOriginal language
Dutch
Technical specs
Running time
126'Available in
2DAspect ratio
2.35:1Sound format
5.1 (+sub)Colour
Colour
Contact & sales
Contact
Menuet
Puursesteenweg 390 C
2880 Bornem
BelgiumSales
The Match Factory
Domstrasse 60
50668 Köln
GermanyT +49 221 539 709-0
info@matchfactory.deDistribution
- France: Pyramide Films (theatrical)
- the Netherlands: September Film (theatrical)
- ROW: Netflix (SVOD)
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