Bouli Lanners — Actor (49)

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The Night of the 12th (2022)
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★ 7.0 21 ratings
other title: 12日的夜晚 / La nuit du 12 …
based on an original idea by Pauline Guéna taken from her novel 18.3. Une année à la PJ, the script begin in the corridors of the criminal police, where it is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them. There comes a day when he is assigned a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. It begins to spin in his head to the point of obsession. For Yohan, who has just been named squad leader in the Criminal Brigade in Grenoble, that case is the murder of Clara. For his investigation, Yohan teams up with a certain Marceau…

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Patrick (2019)
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蒂姆·米兰特斯 actor: 杰梅奈·克莱门特 / 凯文·让森斯 …
other title: 帕特里克 / De Patrick …
Patrick lives at a naturist campsite owned by his father. Until the moment he loses his favourite hammer, his life is as well-ordered as his meticulously tidy workshop. The missing tool, however, sets off a chain of events that not only affects Patrick, but also reveals the true nature of the camp residents: Their appearance may not leave much to the imagination, but they’re undeniably keeping a lot of stuff under wraps. He discovers that the certainties he had banked on are no longer guaranteed, and the young man is forced to find a dose of self-confidence that he never needed before. Mielants’ breezy tragicomedy conveys us to a world where homemade jams and camper vans provide the props for an existential quest for dignity – within reach even if the option of wearing trousers is entirely alien to you.

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Real Love (2018)
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other title: 真爱 / C'est ça l'amour …
Forbach, East of France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, except where love is concerned, is back to square one after his wife left home. He now must raise his two adolescent daughters by himself, while going through some sort of a teenage crisis of his own. 14-year-old Frida blames her father for their mother's leaving and she develops ambivalent feelings towards her new girlfriend. 17-year-old Niki will soon leave home. Until then, she lives the good life. Mario can't help but lose the women he loves. Yet they must all agree to let one another go.

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Nobody Has to Know (2021)
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other title: 不传六耳 / Wise Blood …
We rely on our memories to tell us the story of who we are. If those memories vanish, whose stories will take their place? This is the quandary faced by Phil (writer-director Bouli Lanners), a middle-aged Belgian farmhand working on a remote Scottish island who, following a stroke, suffers amnesia. Phil’s journey to recovering his memory — and the love story he’s told along the way — lies at the heart of this tender, gorgeous film. Phil’s boss’s daughter, Millie (_Game of Thrones_’ Michelle Fairley), helps him acclimate back to his life, reminding him of his origins, his likes and dislikes… and the fact that he and Millie were secret lovers. Though the pair are reluctant to continue their relationship while Phil remains ill, they cannot deny their chemistry. With the gradual return of Phil’s memories, the stage is set for reignited romance. There’s just one hitch: did that romance ever exist in the first place? Phil and Millie’s encounters play out as a dialogue about identity, desire, and projection. In addition to his cognitive impairment, Phil’s role in the community as a foreigner heightens his vulnerability while also endowing him with a directness that tends to catch locals off guard. Millie, by contrast, is bashful, and the two complement each other as they negotiate their shared past and uncertain present. Nobody Has to Know is a deeply endearing film that asks us to consider who we are and what we want regardless of the stories we tell — or are told.

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The Villain (2009)
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other title: 恶作剧老妈 / Le Vilain …
With gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property developer, Korazy, is buying up the neighborhood to turn it into a gleaming new banking district, but to her son's disgust Maniette leads the inhabitants resistance. Her ingenious methods provoke her boy's admiration, but he fights back with sneaky traps and underhand tricks when Maniette tries to force him to do the right thing just once in his life.

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所有的猫都是灰色 (2014)
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萨维娜·德里可 actor: Manon Capelle / 安妮·考森斯 …
other title: Tous les chats sont gris
46岁的保罗是名私家侦探。多萝西马上满16 岁了,但她不知道自己是谁,她面临身份认同危机。保罗生活在布鲁塞尔正统社会的边缘,而多罗西也在这种环境中长大。唯一能把他们联系在一起的就是保罗知道自己其实正是多萝西的亲生父亲。刚刚回到国的保罗与多萝西再次相逢。保罗感觉有些不知所措,他看着多萝西,却不敢靠近。直到一天,多萝西来找保罗,让他帮着寻找自己的亲生父亲,一切就都变了……

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Chien (2017)
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★ 6.4 5 ratings
other title: 狗 / 寂寞是条狗(台) …
唯唯諾諾、庸庸「魯魯」的無用中年賈克最近諸事不順,老婆突然抱怨自己對他過敏,孩子默不吭聲坐視老爹被掃地出門,工作還被年輕屁孩取代,銀行帳戶慘遭凍結,連用最後現金購買的狗兒都意外與他永別。當寵物床墊與犬訓課程成為他僅剩的資產和歸屬,在訓練師的權威喝斥之下,他竟然半推半就地服從起「坐下」、「趴下」及「起立」等指令,以職業家犬的身分開始了人生與事業的第二春⋯⋯。 曾以《寂寞心房客》驚豔坎城影展的作家導演山繆班傑奇再展細膩筆觸,改編自己的小說,以天馬行空的犀利筆觸狠剖現代社會的變態與疏離。找來《花神咖啡館》裡的堅毅慈母凡妮莎巴哈迪板起面孔,巧扮冷血狠妻,將可憐丈夫推入「狗」坑。衰尾主角的絕望處境在黑色幽默的濾鏡中映現出自我救贖與人性光暈,宛若法國版阿基郭利斯馬基。

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逆风 (2011)
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other title: Des vents contraires
自妻子失踪的那一天起,保罗的生活完全改变了。在长达一整年毫无成效的寻找后,保罗几乎已经被毁掉,他内心充满罪恶感。唯一的选择,可能就是重新开始:跟两个孩子搬到圣-马罗,他长大的故乡。但是有些毫无预兆的相遇,又令他在这次旅程中,重新受到了意料之外的折磨。

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9 Month Stretch (2013)
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★ 6.8 5 ratings
other title: 九月怀胎 / 9 mois ferme …
Ariane Felder is pregnant! This is surprising with her being a young hardened judge with strict morals. But what is more surprising is that, according to paternity testing, the child's father is none other than Bob, a criminal from the prosecution charged with an atrocious attack! Ariane doesn't remember any of what has happened, so she has no idea what to expect...