OPENING CEREMONY
"HOME FRONT" by Lucas Belvaux
September 3rd, 2020 | UGC De BrouckĂšre
Belgian cinema is put in the spotlight at the Opening Ceremony of the 3rd edition of the Brussels International Film Festival. "Home Front", Lucas Belvauxâs new feature film will open the 3rd BRIFF!
Fiction . 100' . BELGIUM - FRANCE . 2020
"They were called to Algeria at the time of the "events" in 1960. Two years later, Bernard, Rabut, FĂ©vrier and many others returned to France. They remained silent, they lived their lives. But sometimes it only takes almost nothing, a birthday, a present that fits in the pocket, to make the past burst into the lives of those who have thought for fourty years they could deny it."
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Adapted from Laurent Mauvignierâs novel, the eleventh film directed by the Belgian filmmaker portrays a veteranbroken by the Algerian war.
STARRING
GĂ©rard Depardieu
Catherine Frot
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Yoann Zimmer
FĂ©lix Kysyl
Ădouard Sulpice
Clotilde Mollet
Fleur Fitoussi
Ahmed Hamoud
Amélie CHAHBI
WRITER
Lucas Belvaux
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Guillaume Defontaines
SOUND
Nicolas Waschkowski
MUSIC
Thibault Deboaisne
FILM EDITING
Ludo Troch
PRODUCTION
Artémis Productions , Synecdoche
DISTRIBUTION
Cinéart
The time of the opening ceremony will be announced shortly.
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