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An eclectic panorama of Belgian productions in theatres this week

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- In this week’s programme, a multi-cultural comedy, an intimate and minimalist drama about grief and a documentary on the daily life of an Amazonian family

An eclectic panorama of Belgian productions in theatres this week
Moroccan Gigolos d’Ismaël Saïdi

Belgian theatres today welcome Moroccan Gigolos [+see also:
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by Ismaël Saïdi. The film follows the adventure of three childhood friends who decide to open a snack restaurant in Brussels. But all this costs money and it has to be said that the owner of the place isn’t making it easy for them. Drowning in debt and after a chance encounter, they think of a fast, simple and relatively efficient way of making easy money: selling their charms to middle aged women looking for cheeky pleasures and a bit of exoticism. Obviously, nothing goes as it should and their plan, just like their friendship, is put to the test.  

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Comedies are a rare commodity in the Belgian Francophone audiovisual landscape and the will of the director and producer (Jean-Yves Roubin for FraKas) has to be acknowledged, since they struggled to finalize the project. Also rare for a Francophone film, the distribution is handled by Kinepolis, which releases the film in over a dozen cinemas in Brussels and Wallonia (as well as Anvers), ensuring good visibility.

At the other end of the spectrum, we find Caroline Strubbe’s new opus, the second part of a trilogy on impossible love and grief. I’m the Same, I’m an Other [+see also:
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’s story starts where that of Lost Persons Area [+see also:
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 ended. Tess is back and she has just lost her parents. Szabolcs, her mother’s Hungarian lover is also present and they share their grief. Once more, Strubbe develops a detail-focused cinema, in silence, making this film an intimate and minimalist work. The film is released in 4 cinemas in Brussels and Flanders.

Finally, it is also worth noting the release in Brussels and Mons this week (the release is spread over several weeks) of the documentary Sobre las brasas [+see also:
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 by Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez, which follows the daily routine in Amazonia of Nancy who makes charcoal to make ends meet and maintain the family balance, over three generations.

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(Translated from French)

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