L'Enfant takes its chance
Palme d'or at the recent Cannes Festival, L'Enfant [+see also:
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The 10 members of the commission composed of French speaking Belgian professionals (producers Partick Quinet of Artémis, Diana Elbaum of Entre Chien et Loup, Marion Hänsel of Man's Film, Thierry Vandersanden of the Belgian French Community and the critic Louis Danvers) and Flemish professionals (this year all are journalists) chose, with an unanimous voice, the film by the brothers Dardenne out of a dozen other films (Calvaire [+see also:
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This is the third time that Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne have been chosen to represent Belgium at the Oscars (with Rosetta in 1999 and Le Fils [+see also:
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Released last week in the Belgian cinemas, this sixth feature from the two internationally renowned brothers, is the tenth honour awarded for their cinema work, since the Palme d'or for Rosetta in 1999. Sold internationally by Celluloïd Dreams, the film has been bought worldwide (read (The article continues below - Commercial information)
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