Be For Films, the Brussels-based company directed by Pamela Leu, will be present at the European Film Market (online from 10 to 17 February) of the 72^nd Berlinale with two market screenings and some enticing new titles, including Habib [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Benoît Mariage
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Habib tells the story of a young Belgian actor with a Moroccan background, who agrees to play the part of Saint Francis of Assisi in order to leave behind the roles of kindly Arab young men he is relentlessly offered in often mediocre films. When his father, who lives in Morocco, suddenly returns to Brussels with a new wife and early signs of Alzheimer’s disease, Habib finds himself torn between the expectations of his colleagues and of his family. In the title role, we find young French actor Bastien Ughetto (seen in Bye Bye Morons [+leggi anche:
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Be For Films will also be showing at the EFM The Last Temptation of the Belgians [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jan Bucquoy
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intervista: Mathieu Gérault
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Worth pointing out in the line-up are two more Belgian films in post-production: Rituel, the new thriller from Belgian box-office champion Hans Herbots (The Treatment [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Delphine Lehericey
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The company will also be presenting the Canadian film Richelieu [+leggi anche:
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