Lucas Belvaux : “It always helps if you can imagine a familiar face saying the lines you’re about to write”

Belgian-born French screenwriter and film director Lucas Belvaux (b. 1961) was a jury member at the Brussels International Film Festival last June, so consequently, this five-time César-nominee spe…

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Lucas Belvaux: “I make all of my films with the same dedication, with the same honesty”

Seven-time César-nominee Lucas Belvaux (b. 1961) is a former leading and supporting actor, much sought after in France since the early 1980s, who gradually turned to screenwriting and directing wit…

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Émilie Dequenne: “When I choose a role I wish to play, I don’t take it for granted, I don’t take it too lightly”

Jane Greer had told me so. And how right she was. When I first met her for an interview at her Los Angeles home many years ago, I had a few issues with me of Film en Televisie, a Belgian film perio…

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