La Pazza Gioia Opening Night at Brussels Film Festival

La Pazza Gioia Opening Night
PREMIERE

The Festival will open on 17th June at Flagey with the marvellous Italian comedy La Pazza Gioia directed by Paolo Virzi in the presence of its star Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.

Among others, two of our guests of honour will be present at the opening night. The great german director Volker Schlöndorff and the iconic french stand-up comedian Guy Bedos.

The film screening will be followed by a cocktail and one of Brussels famous LOVE parties.

FR 17.06 - 20.00 - OPENING night - FLAGEY 4
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Beatrice, pathological liar and bipolar, radiant and fragile, embarks Donatella, a young vivid and introverted woman into a road movie under the Tuscany sunshine, in search of freedom and especially love. This chaotic journey of two women is led by the fabulous interpretation of two actresses that take us from laughter to tears with a disconcerting lightness and beauty. Virzi, at his best, manages one of the best Italian films of the last 5 years. Do not miss this master piece.

The screening of the film will be followed by a drink offered by Filliers. Afterwards you can dance until the early hours during a Soirée Love. 

L'effet aquatique
Closing Night
PREMIERE

Solveig Anspach, was discovered with HAUT LES COEURS at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. Almost 20 years later, the Icelandic filmmaker was caught up by disease and has left us leaving behind a light posthumous work, full of life, humor and love. We will close the Festival this year with L'EFFET AQUATIQUE, the gem that was welcomed by a standing ovation at the last Cannes Film Festival.

FR 24.06 - 20.00 - Studio 4

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The film tells with great happiness the meeting between Samir, a forty year old crane operator in Montreuil, falling madly in love with Agathe. As she is a swimming teacher, he decides to approach her by taking swimming lessons although he can swim perfectly fine. But the lie does not last three days - and Agathe hates liars! Nonethless he is ready to do everything to win back his beloved. Aquatic Effect won the SACD Prize Fortnight 2016.

The Paradise Suite
Opening Night

Selected by the Netherlands to compete for the Oscar for best foreign language film, The Paradise Suite opened the prestigious Toronto Film Festival. The film tells the story of six very different characters in the Amsterdam suburbs. An ensemble film superbly staged and imaged by Joost van Ginkel, who paints a critical picture of Europe today where each character personifies one of the existing stereotypes in the collective unconscious. For his second feature, the Dutch filmmaker offers us a masterpiece.

VE 17.06 - 20:30 - Studio 4

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The complete programme
Available June 2nd

We will unveil the complete programme as of June 2nd. A downloadable catalogue will also be available on our website. 

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