Movie Review Belgica 2016 Film

The high and lows of the club life as a way of life serve as the nostalgic focal point of Belgica. Director-co-writer Felix van Groeningen's follow-up to his excellent 2012 domestic drama The Broken Circle Breakdown is neither as ambitious nor as satisfying as that best foreign film Oscar nominee, but its fleeting intoxications momentarily provide suggestions—and, for some, memories—of how the highest highs can sometimes make the drudgery of the rest of life worth it. This boisterous music-fueled drama looks to carve a modest career on the domestic specialty circuit.

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Rating - 2.5 / 5
Venue: Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition—opening night)
Production: Menuet Productions, Pyramide Productions, Topkapi Films
Cast: Stef Aerts, Tom Vermeir, Helene Devos, Charlotte Vandermeersch
Director: Felix van Groeningen
Screenwriters: Arne Sierens, Felix van Groeningen
Producer: Dirk Impens
Director of photography: Ruben Impens
Art director: Kurt Rigolle
Costume designer: Ann Lauwerys
Editor: Nico Leunen
Music: Soulwax
World sales: The Match Factory
Running Time - 127 minutes