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Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #146. Jumbo – Zoé Wittock

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Le Fidèle (Racer and the Jailbird) | Venice Film Festival Review

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Malgré la nuit | 2016 Film Comment Selects Review

When the Night Has Come: Grandrieux Laments Lost Love Seven years have passed since provocateur Philippe Grandrieux’s 2008 film Un Lac, and he remains somewhat...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #48. Felix van Groeningen’s Belgica

Belgica Directors: Felix van Groeningen // Writers: Arne Sierens, Felix van Groeningen Belgian director Felix van Groeningen’s last film, The Broken Circle Breakdown, which played at...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #52. Philippe Grandrieux’s Malgré la nuit

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