Jean-Jacques Andrien

Jean-Jacques Andrien
Born 1 June 1944 (1944-06-01) (age 67)
Verviers (Wallonia
Occupation Film director
Years active 1972 - present28981

Jean-Jacques Andrien (1 June 1944, Verviers (Wallonia)) is a Belgian film director. Le Monde deem his film Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven (1981), to be the first great Film of a Walloon cinema [1] This film addresses two problems; the first is that of Belgium's region, site of a bitter conflict between Flemish and Walloon inhabitants, and the second that of a dramatic changes that have affected the agricultural world.[2] The film was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.[3]

Filmography

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Notes

  1. ^ Quoted by Jean-Patrick Duchesne Des arts plastiques au cinéma in Bruno Demoulin et Jean-Louis Kupper, Histoire de la Wallonie, Privat,Toulouse, 2004, pages 366-377, p. 376 ISBN 2-7089-4779-6
  2. ^ Lieve Spaas, The Francophone Film: A Struggle for Identity Published by Manchester University Press, 2000, p. 19, ISBN 0719058619
  3. ^ "Berlinale 1981: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1981/03_preistr_ger_1981/03_Preistraeger_1981.html. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
  4. ^ Catalogue

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