Brussels by Night

Brussels by Night
Directed by Marc Didden
Produced by Erwin Provoost
Written by Marc Didden
Dominique Deruddere
Starring François Beukelaers
Ingrid De Vos
Amid Chakir
Music by Raymond van het Groenewoud
Edited by Ludo Troch
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
 92 min.
Language Dutch, French

Brussels by Night is a Belgian drama film from 1983, directed by former Humo journalist Marc Didden. The low budget picture was financed partly by Herman Schueremans, organizer of the Flemish rock festival Rock Werchter. The film was named after a 1979 song by Raymond van het Groenewoud, who also wrote the soundtrack for the movie.[1] [2] [3]

Brussels by Night was important in Belgian film history because its bleak, grey atmosphere and stream of consciousness structure were a sharp contrast with the more conventional films the country produced up to then.

Plot

Brussels 1983. Max, an assassin, is seriously depressed. He tries to commit suicide by sticking a gun in his mouth, but when the gun jams he cries nevertheless. We follow him as he travels through Brussels without any goal and provokes everyone he meets. His mood changes at the most unpredictable moments. Max meets two people, Alice, a bar keeper, and Abdel, her customer of Moroccan descent, who both fancy her as their mistress. The climax of the story takes place on the Ronquières inclined plane.

Cast

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Brussels By NightSynopsis". fandango.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Brussels By Night". flandersimage.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Brussels in art". russels.irisnet. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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