Dora van der Groen

Journalist Stella discovers the secrets of the Lotte de Heus Verolmen, the widow of the Dutch nazi-collaborator party NSB-frontman Ewald de Heus Verolmen.

Pauline is a 'little girl of 66 years old'. She is mentally retarded and been cared after by her sister Martha. When Martha dies, her two younger sisters, Paulette and Cecile have to make a decision on the best place for Pauline to be looked after. Neither of them is ready to take care of her. Paulette has a shop to look after and Cecile has her Albert. But according to Martha's last will, her fortune will only be divided in three equal parts if one of the sisters looks after Pauline. If they decide to take her to an institution, Pauline will be the only heir.

A family film, based on a well-known Dutch story from the Middle Ages. Mariken tells the compelling and poetic story of spirited young girl named Mariken. The orphan Mariken lives in a secluded forest with an eccentric old hermit. One day, she decides to leave her surroundings and sets off for town to buy a new goat. On her adventurous journey into the 'real' world, she finds out about the good and bad sides of people.

In the course of four seasons we follow the process as Maurits mourns the death of his mother. His intensely sad father, a restorer of paintings, is not able to offer him any solace. Maurits denies his mother's death and withdraws to the flood plains of the river. There he meets Moniek. During their journey of discovery through the plains, their tender friendship turns into love. But Maurits anger and sorrow sometimes turn to extreme emotions and that frightens Moniek. A dead dog takes them over the top and Moniek never wants to see him again.

Cyriel has died. Leonie and a few relatives are standing in the hospital room around the bed on which the bodie lies. At Cyriel's death, there won't be no more tears from Leonie, but rather one simple and pleasant memory that expresses Cyriel's unspoken love for her.

This documentary tells the story of an 80-year-old woman who has "...nothing else to do but to sit and think."

2차 세계대전이 끝난 네덜란드의 어느 마을. 안토니아(Antonia: 빌레케 반 아메루이 분)는 어머니 일레곤다(Allegonde: 도라 반 더 그로엔 분)의 임종을 지키기 위해 열여섯살 된 딸 다니엘(Danielle: 엘스 도터만 분)과 고향으로 돌아온다. 마을에 들어서면 올가(Olga: 프랜 월러 제퍼 분)의 카페 담벼락에 "환영, 우리의 해방군"이라고 갈겨 쓴 낙서가 보인다. 나치를 몰아낸 미군을 환영했던 이 낙서가 이제 안토니아를 맞이하고 있는 듯 하다. 권위에 찬 성당신부가 주재하는 일레곤다의 장례식이 열리고, 마을 사람들은 찬송가를 부른다. 하지만 전쟁의 상흔이 깃든 장례식은 그저 하나의 행사일 뿐이고 다니엘은 할머니 일레곤다가 자신의 죽음을 기뻐하듯 노래하는 환영을 본다. 새로운 세상을 만들어가는 안토니아. 어머니의 농장을 물려받은 안토니아는 마을 정착하여 새로운 삶을 시작한다.

Frans Buyens's moving and inventive film is based on his own autobiographical novel, which deals in the most sensitive terms possible with the subject of euthanasia.

The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe under an assumed name for twenty years. But he remains a non-conformist. He returns to his native Bruges, where he thinks he has been forgotten. In this silent labyrinth where the faces of the past resurface, he rediscovers his identity and thus signs his death warrant.

When his wife Lydia commits suicide, succesful attorney Robert Havinck is freed from his unhappy marriage. Unfortunately, it turns out she took a complete stranger along with her, and a feeling of guilt and curiosity about her motives lead Havinck to team up with his fifteen-year old daughter to explore Lydia's final days.

In this erotic drama, Marcel (Ralph Michael) fantasizes about being with his daughter-in-law Simone (Beatie Edney) after the death of his wife. The woman pretends to be surprised over his attention but does nothing to discourage his advances. He promises to build her a swimming pool in order to further his fantasies. The story is taken from the novel by Junichiro Tamizaki.

A building contractor and his spouse are driven apart by financial worries. Tony is an energetic personality well on in his 30s, presuming upon having everything under control. He's married to Nora, and they have two kids. Tony frequents tough assertiveness training sessions, owing to which he boosts up his self-confidence and considers himself to be the never-failing businessman and the perfect husband. As a result of his excessive investments and his haughty attitude, his company gets under a heavy cloud. When bankruptcy has become inevitable, his problems also affect family life. He starts taking his problems out on his wife who seems to be able to cope with the new situation more easily. She makes him see how vulnerable he really is.

In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an 'old school' patriarch, stern and authoritarian, nobody else's word is ever taken seriously, just scolded fools, he rather risks being wrong then considering any advice. His marriage is based on a grim understanding: the wife Barbele accepts his heartless manner with everyone, even their studious, smart, healthy, studly son and heir Louis, but his two silly sisters are spoiled with a pointless fancy nunnery boarding school education fit for the upper classes. Farm-life is hard enough, laboring without machines or reliable weather, but this year the stubborn master made it even worse by picking the riskier, badly drained field and sowing later then his neighbors, even when luck turns he'll fetch a lower price for it. Poor practically perfect Louis is granted neither praise, respect nor any pleasure, however hard and well he slaves, obedient like the hired farmhands although well-read. Even ...

A small town doctor gets a visit from a former study-friend. He doesn't know this former surgeon has become a junkie that wants to steal his morphine.

In the late 19th century, a young woman moves to Amsterdam with her family and tries to make a living. Preyed upon by various men, she nonetheless rises in society.

The story of a young woman with mental problems told in a non-chronological fashion.

A Dutch pilot with a real passion for flying risks everything to keep his DC3/Dakota plane in the air. Excellent attention to detail and the beautiful backdrop of the Caribbean make this seldom seen much loved Dutch classic well worth watching.

A rainy evening in the harbor of Antwerp. A man named Laarmans is on his way home even though he doesn't want to. Three lost Eastern sailors are looking for a woman named Maria Van Dam and ask Laermans to show them the way. He decides to help them find this mysterious woman.

After World War I, widower Renier has returned to his estate Horlebecq. His sole diversion is his correspondence with the Parisian Rolande, who he met during the war. Even though his family is pressuring him into marrying his sister-in-law Emily, Renier stays obsessed with Rolande and even visits her in Paris. She manages to persuade him to invest large sums of money into the "Academie de Beauté" in Paris. His reckless investments and breaking off his engagement with Emily leads to unbearable tensions at Horlebecq...

Jonny loves Jessy, but he likes his car even more and therefore Jessy breaks up with him.

2년 전에 파리로 옮겨온 미국인 수학자 필립 알라르는 출판사에서 일하면서 아내 질, 딸 카티, 아들 파트릭과 단란하게 살아간다. 질은 아들 파트릭과 세느 강변으로 나가 산책하면서 그림 그리는 것을 취미로 삼은 질은 툭하면 시간 개념도 없이 늦 게 귀가해 필립에게 핀잔을 듣는다. 그래서 자주 8살 난 착한 딸 카티가 저녁을 차린다. 파리로 온 후부터 질은 자주 물건을 잃어버리거나 똑같은 옷을 사는 등 약한 기억상실증에 시달리다 정신과 의사의 치료를 받는다. 필립은 산업스파이 조직의 제의를 거절했다는 이유로 협박을 받게 되고, 질은 가벼운 교통사고를 당한다. 어느날 질은 아이들과 함께 서커스를 보러갔다가 길에서 아이들을 잃어버린다. 경찰은 질의 기억력을 의심하고, 질이 아이들과 동반 자살극 을 꾸미려했다고 오인, 유치장에 가둔다. 유치장에서 곰곰히 생각하던 질은 언젠가 애를 봐주러왔던 직업소개소 여직원 한센이 근처에 왔더라는 카티의 말을 상기하고 경찰과 함께 확인한다. 그리고 집으로 돌아온 질은 남편과 옆집 친구 신시아의 얘기를 우연히 듣게 되고, 남편의 애정을 확인하게 되지만, 그동안 친절을 가장한 채 자신을 서서히 정신병자로 몰고간 사람이 바로 신시아였음을 확신하게 된다. 신시 아는 모든 사실을 고백하고 그동안 애정을 느끼게 된 아이들을 함께 구하러 갔다가, 스파이조직에 의해 죽음을 당한다. 필립과 질은 무사히 아이들을 되찾고, 다시 행복한 미래를 꿈꾼다.

Film in cinéma-vérité style exploring the boundery between fiction and reality of actors and the roles they (have to) play.

Malpertuis is the name of an old, rambling mansion which is in reality a labyrinth where characters from Greek mythology are imprisoned by the bedridden Cassavius (Welles). He manages to keep them (as well as his nephew and niece) prisoners even after his death, through a binding testament. As Jan, the nephew, (Carrière) unravels the mystery, he discovers that he cannot escape the house because Malpertuis is far more significant than he was led to believe.

A woman disguises herself as a man to avoid prosecution for murdering her lover fifteen years ago. She is the last living member of a wealthy Vienna family, and has spent the years after the murder traveling Europe with her female servant. Her travels provide her with an anonymous cloak that allows her freedom of movement but little peace of mind. Nearing middle age, the guilt and weariness of an empty life has her contemplating suicide as the only way out of her dilemma.

Each year Thomas goes an a pilgrimage but he has more difficulty to complete it, but then he is offered a footbath that appears to contain a miracle drug. Wouldn't this make a huge seller during Expo 58 in Brussels... .

Five rather frivolous musicians seize the opportunity to perform on a cruise in the Mediterranean. Alas: they are under contract to engage a female singer - and they fear to fall in love with her, which would endanger their friendship.

A widower is being courted by 3 women, ... .

A pessimistic urban drama, with a musical score by Jack Sels and Max Damasse, charts in strongly expressionistically lit black-and-white images the wanderings of a tormented man through the cosmopolitan port city of Antwerp. The only people to show him understanding are an orphan and two disillusioned women.

A portrait of the belgian writer Herman Teirlinck by Henri Storck.

Around 1850 Baas Gansendonck who has an inn looks down on the farmers. He wants his daughter Lisa to marry the baron of the village. But she is in love with Karel, the son of a simple brewer.