Ludo Troch

Stephanie smiles as she’s applauded by the crowd. The 11-year-old gymnast just won her first international title. Her coach Patricia embraces her as they both admire the gold medal they have worked so hard for. The girl is crushed with attention, everybody wants to have a picture with her and expresses their high hopes, but the more recognition she gets, the more she realises that the game only has begun.

Burgundy, France. Solange's 60th birthday celebrations are violently interrupted by her estranged brother, Bernard. His outburst will reawaken painful memories and reveal untold stories of the Algerian War.

Pauline, a devoted and generous home help nurse, raises her two children alone, while also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Taking advantage of her popularity, the directors of an extremist political party suggest she become their candidate at the mayoral elections.

레오 거스키는 전쟁으로 헤어진 알마를 위해 그녀를 주인공으로 한 ‘사랑의 역사’라는 책을 써 알마에게 한 챕터씩 보낸다.그리고 몇 년이 흐른 뒤 첫사랑을 찾아 뉴욕에 온 레오에게 알마는 레오가 죽은 줄로만 알고 결혼을 했다며 레오를 거절한다.자기 목숨보다 사랑했던 여인에게 버림 받고 자신의 역작 ‘사랑의 역사’까지 읽어버린 레오는 친구 브루노와 함께 하루하루를 지루하게 살아간다.그러던 어느 날 알마와 자기 사이에 태어난 아들에게 자신에 대해 알리고 싶어진 레오는 아들에게 자신의 이야기를 담은 책을 보내게 되고… 곧 아들이 사망했다는 소식을 듣게 된다.이제 레오는 죽은 아들에게 보냈던 자신의 원고를 되찾기 위해 그의 집으로 향하게 된다.

Nada is going home. Or at least she wants to. When she comes back to Lebanon, she realizes she's a foreigner in her own country. But there's still a place she calls home: an abandoned house in ruins, haunted by the presence of her grandfather who disappeared mysteriously during the civil war. Something happened in this house. Something violent. A young woman searching for the truth and discovering herself.

Clement, a young philosophy teacher, is sent to Arras for a year. He meets Jennifer, a pretty hair stylist, and the two freely share their hearts and bodies as they try to overcome the cultural and social divide between them.

1940년대, 첫 번째 세계대전의 상흔이 가시지 않은 채, 프랑스에는 다시 전쟁의 그림자가 드리운다. 가난과 불안의 한 가운데에서, 비올렛은 작가가 되기로 결심한다. 사생아로 살아온 자신의 경험, 낙태, 동성애까지, 여성의 삶과 에로티시즘을 거침없이 표현한 비올렛의 작품은, 시몬 드 보부아르, 장 콕토 등 당대의 프랑스 예술가와 지식인에게 충격을 안겼다. 여성 해방의 대표 주자였던 시몬 드 보부아르와의 미묘한 긴장감이 흐르는 우정과 교류를 통해 20세기의 한 가운데를 돌파한 비올렛 르뒥의 삶이 드라마틱하게 펼쳐진다.

In the harbor city of Le Havre, France, a woman is stabbed during the night, just below the windows of her neighborhood. Pierre (Yvan Attal) has witnessed the murder, and heard the wails of the women crying for help. So have the neighbors, certainly. But at the end, nobody called the police. Nevertheless, sorrows are too heavy for Pierre, which feel the needs to tell everything to his wife (Sophie Quinton), and to the police. During the investigation, it appears that 38 people witnessed the murdering, and none reacted...

북아프리카 어딘가의 가난하고 외진 시골 마을, 이 보수적인 이슬람 사회에서 남쪽에서 시집 온 레일라는 여러모로 눈에 띠는 존재다. 열네 살이면 무조건 얼굴도 모르는 남자에게 시집을 가야하는 이곳 여자들과 달리 무려 학교 선생님인 남편, 새미와 연애결혼을 했고 남편의 사랑과 존중을 받는데다 글을 읽고 쓸 줄 알기 때문이다. 레일라는 산비탈의 샘물에서 물을 길러오다 수없이 유산하는 마을 여자들을 독려해 파업을 일으킨다. 남자들이 마을에 수도를 놔줄 때까지 잠자리를 거부하는 사랑 파업이다. 파업 초기에는 별 반응을 안 하던 마을 남자들은 점점 폭력적으로 변해가고 레일라에게 압박을 가해온다. 게다가 레일라의 전 남편이 나타나 남편과의 관계까지 위태로워진다. 마을 남자들은 급기야 다른 마을에서 여자들을 데려올 계획을 세우는데...

30년 전, 유대인을 숨겨줬단 이유로 볼쇼이 교향악단에서 지휘자 자리를 박탈당한 안드레이. 그는 복귀의 그날 만을 꿈꾸며 볼쇼이 극장에서 말단 청소부로 버티고 있다. 그러던 어느날, 볼쇼이에 파리의 극장에서 초청공문이 날라오고 공문을 몰래 가로챈 안드레이는 절친한 친구 샤샤와 함께 30년 전 못다한 공연의 설욕무대를 몰래 준비하려 하는데...

The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars grouped with other naïve painters like Henri Rouseau only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of Great Depression and World War II.

Maggie, a quiet retiring grandmother, finds herself helpless as her grandson’s health deteriorates. When one last chance appears, but money is desperately short, Maggie acts to raise the cash in a fashion that surprises everyone but her...

A portrait of Rita, who claims that her mother was never a mother for her. Rita gives birth to her own five children and forces her mother to take the role of a mother.

In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.

Julien and Emma are brother and sister, living in rural France with their father, who writes children's books. Julien is a gifted pianist but the loss of his mother has sucked the joie de vivre out of him; his best friend Alice knows it although their platonic relationship is more about him supporting her in bad relationship choices than anything else. When he sees a beautiful woman called Olga in a bookstore, Julien is smitten and sets about to set up someway of impressing her and winning her affection.

In 1913, a young woman starts work as a maid in a seedy Parisian boarding house full of eccentrics. When she falls in love with one of the guests, she must choose between her son and her new romance.

A young mother called Maria is returning home after a long abscence. Her kids have created their own fantasies as to why their mother has been away for such a long time.

3 generations of filmmakers tell a story about Brussels, 3 stories settled in the rue Saint Quentin, a forgotten street somewhere in the shadow of the European administration area.

A girl lives with her mother in Paris. Her life changes when she finds out that her father lives in Morocco and embarks on a journey to find him.

17세기 프랑스, 열네살의 어린왕 ‘루이 14세’는 실질적 권력을 움켜쥔 어머니와 재상 마자랭의 빛에 가려 우울하고 고독한 유년을 보낸다. 그런 그에게 주어진 것이 있다면 춤과 음악뿐이다. 작곡가 륄리는 그런 루이의 삶과 예술에 동반자가 된다. 그리고 언젠가 왕이 될 루이를 위해 그를 빛나게 할 최고의 음악과 플라토닉, 그 이상의 열정적 사랑을 바친다. 또한 왕실 극단의 몰리에르 역시 날카로운 필치로 왕을 위협하는 존재들인 귀족들의 세태를 풍자하며 루이 14세의 권력과 위엄을 한층 높여준다. 하지만 왕권 유지를 위해 루이 14세는 그들과 거리를 두기 시작한다. 그러나 음악적 야심과 왕에 대한 애증의 감정에서 빠져나오지 못하는 륄리는 파행과 독선을 일삼기 시작하고 이로 인해 그는 왕의 사랑과 신뢰를 잃고 마는데.....

Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.

Jean is a family man and factory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter. Pinning his hopes on his teenage daughter, Marva, he takes her to singing contests in which the awkward and overweight girl struggles to belt out a tune. When Jean is suddenly fired because of cut backs, he is ashamed and even more desperate to have his daughter succeed. In a chance meeting Jean kidnaps the most famous pop star in the country and holds her hostage demanding to be heard by the music industry. Catching the attention of the media and the eyes of the nation, Jean and Marva realize that the show must go on until everyone is famous.

The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

A modest man witnesses the deadly accident of a renowned writer and steals his manuscript. At home the man receives the sequel of the manuscript on the fax, written in the same handwriting. He decides to publish the book under his own name. He becomes very successful, until his fans start to ask for another book.

A young woman spends an adventurous winter with a trapper on Spitsbergen.

A short black comedy directed by Lars Damoiseaux.

40세 연극연출가와 15세 수학 천재소녀의 사랑은 이루어질수 있을까요?

A hungover groom is not exactly enjoying his wedding day.

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.

Belgium, 1980. On the banks of the Meuse river, against the background of a steel-producing city, factories close down one after another and lay off workers. One of those made redundant is Fabrice, who, at thirty-five, is proud of his trade, rendered mythical by fire and steel, but feels he has become useless. His wife, Céline, tries to renew his interest in life. Despite a few moments of rediscovered happiness, Fabrice remains trapped in his confusion and one day disappears. Céline, her intense love leading the way, goes looking for him and eventually finds him. Once again, she tries to save him from himself. Can love resuscitate a languishing man? That is Céline's wager.

Antwerp in the fifties. Robin de Hert grew up in a Catholic parochial environment; on the one hand there is his authoritarian father and the sadistic secretary of the Catholic boys technical school, on the other hand there are the 'Grieten' and the French teacher with whom Robin is getting a good band through a secret they share. If the secretary finds out about this secret, this has major implications for both the teacher and the students ...

Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.g. the netherlands.

This is the story of a man who travels to Brussels, and meets some people with whom he spends a few days. When they all go on a day trip to the "slanting plane" of Ronquieres, all sorts of bottled up frustrations flare up.

An inspector of the Antwerp criminal investigation unit faces problems not only in his professional life, but also at home. When he is partnered with a young, over-confident colleague, he loses control over the case in hand.

Hugues cannot get over the untimely death of his wife Blanche, who made him happy for ten years. He lives alone in his house in Bruges, a city he would like to be dead like his wife. The sorrowful widower has transformed the place he lives in into a shrine dedicated to his beloved wife. One day, he meets Jeanne, a ballet dancer, who looks like Blanche.

A 40-year-old mother struggles to deal with the anxiety of growing older after her eldest daughter moves out and the youngest distances herself.

Sam starts his first week as a helper at a brickyard. He got this job because his new boss is the chairman of the local football team for which he plays. He's a talented goalkeeper. There is much resemblance between Sam and Louis, a 65-year-old who is pottering through the last days before his retirement. They both react strongly to the illegal dumping practices of a firm from the city. But also their boss' hands do not seem to be entirely clean in this business. Will Sam sink into the rut and routine that Louis is rebelling against?