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Belgica
Belgica

Director(s): Felix van GroeningenBE, FR127 min.2016
65%(12 ratings)
Categoriesfiction
LanguagesDutch, Flemish (orig.)
SubtitlesEnglish, slovak
Black and white / colourcolor

A story of two brothers. Charismatic, temperamental Frank is a husband and a father, but also an incorrigible skirt chaser. Ambitious but inexperienced Joe owns a bar called Belgica. The two team up to remake the dive into a wild venue for incredible music, the eternally young and non-stop fun…until they realize that running such a hip establishment is more than their professional skills and personal lives can take, disrupting their families and relationships. A major sensation at this year’s Sundance (Directing Award), Belgica brings the euphoric experience of one of Brussels’s hottest nightclubs to the screen. Over a mesmerizing Soulwax soundtrack, we see the brilliant ascent and subsequent fall of the two brothers, a spellbinding metaphor for living in the here and now, and the consequences that change this seemingly permanent state in the blink of an eye.

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Projection of Belgica at IFF ART FILM 2016
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