The Broken Circle Breakdown
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Original Title: The Broken Circle Breakdown
100' | 2012 (Completed)
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| Director: | Felix van Groeningen |
| Producer: | Dirk Impens |
| Writer: | Carl Joos, Felix van Groeningen |
Bluegrass, love and tragedy: the story of Elise and Didier.
synopsis
- Elise is 28 and owns her own tattoo parlour. 36-year-old Didier is a Flemish cowboy who plays the banjo in a bluegrass band. Although in many respects they are as alike as night and day, somehow their characters are a perfect match and the arrival of their baby, Maybelle, makes their happiness complete. Life is good until, one day, fate intervenes... The multi-award-winning film was also Belgium's 2014 Foreign Oscar contender.
- Elise a 28 ans et tient son propre salon de tatouage. Didier, 36 ans, est un cowboy flamand qui joue du banjo dans un groupe. Bien que, sous de nombreux aspects, ils se ressemblent autant que le jour et la nuit, d’une certaine façon leur caractères s’accordent à la perfection et l’arrivée de leur bébé, Maybelle, les comble de bonheur. Tout se passe bien jusqu’au jour où, par un caprice du sort, ils perdent leur petite fille.
- Elise heeft haar eigen tattooshop, Didier speelt banjo in een bandje. Het is liefde op het eerste gezicht, al zijn de verschillen groot. Hij praat, zij luistert. Hij is overtuigd atheïst, tegelijk ook een naïeve romanticus. In haar nek staat een kruis getatoeëerd, toch is ze de nuchterheid zelve. Wanneer dochtertje Maybelle geboren wordt, is hun geluk compleet. Maar als Maybelle zes is, wordt ze ernstig ziek. Didier en Elise reageren totaal verschillend, Maybelle laat hun echter geen keuze: Didier en Elise moeten samen voor haar vechten.
Film
Credits
Director
Felix van GroeningenProducer
Dirk ImpensWriter
Carl Joos, Felix van GroeningenCast
Robbie Cleiren, Nils de Caster, Nell Cattrysse, Jan Bijvoet, Geert Van Rampelberg, Bert Huysentruyt, Veerle Baetens, Johan HeldenberghEditing
Nico LeunenPhotography
Ruben ImpensArt direction
Kurt RigolleCostume
Ann LauwerysSound
Jan DecaMakeup
Diana DreesenMusic
The Broken Circle Breakdown Band o.l.v. Bjorn ErikssonStill photography
Thomas Dhanens
Format
Creation details
Type
FilmCategory
FictionProduction share
Majority Flemish ProductionBelgiumGenre
Year of production
2012Production status
CompletedOriginal title
The Broken Circle BreakdownOriginal language
Dutch
Technical specs
Running time
100'Available in
2DAspect ratio
2.35:1Sound format
5.1 (+sub)Available formats
Blu-Ray; DCP (1920 x 1080); Digital Betacam; DVDColour
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.de
Partners
Co-production partners
Topkapi Films
Supported by
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), NFF, Eurimages, Kinepolis Film Distribution, Lumière, vtm, Belgacom, btech, Connectimmo, Vanden Avenne Izegem, Kinepolis Multi, Free Record Shop Belgium, G. De Wilde, Game Mania, Tux, Saltoo
Tax shelter
the Tax Shelter of the Federal Government of Belgium, Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter empowered by Belfius
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