Matthias Schoenaerts
Also Known As: Матіас Шонартс, Маттиас Шонартс, 馬提亞斯・修奈爾, ماتیاس اسخونارتس, 馬提亞斯修奈爾
Biography: Matthias Schoenaerts (/ˈʃoʊnɑːrts/ SHOH-narts, Dutch: [ˈmɑtjɑs ˈsxunaːrts]; born 8 December 1977) is a Belgian actor. He made his film debut at the age of 13 in Daens (1992), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is best known for his roles as Filip in Loft (2008), Jacky Vanmarsenille in the Oscar-nominated Bullhead (2011), and Ali in the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated Rust and Bone (2012), for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor. He played Eric Deeds in The Drop (2014), Bruno von Falk in Suite Française (2015), Gabriel Oak in Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Hans Axgil in The Danish Girl (2015), and Uncle Vanya in Red Sparrow (2018). Schoenaerts received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an ex-soldier suffering from PTSD in Disorder (2015) and for his performance as an inmate training a wild horse in The Mustang (2019). In 2015, he was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthias Schoenaerts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Antwerp, Belgium
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Birthday: December 08, 1977
Age: 47 years old
Gender: Male
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Love Belongs to Everyone
Overview: Shy, gentle half-wit Dennis, whose only obsession is train-spotting, is released early on account of good behavior after a rape sentence. His parents who run a modest barbershop, skeptic André and Rita, desperately try to keep him out of girl trouble, but his victim's sister Barbara starts a hate campaign. After another girl reports abuse, Dennis is jailed and beaten black and blue daily. Barbara's boyfriend, lawyer Thomas Verelst, accepts to help 'pro deo' (no cost) and pleads that Dennis belongs in a mental institution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2006-02-08
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Le faux soir
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Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: fr
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Left Bank
Overview: When Marie moves into her boyfriend's apartment, she uncovers a disturbing mystery about the fate of the previous tenant.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2008-03-26
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Black Book
Overview: In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2006-09-14
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Bullhead
Overview: A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2011-02-02
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Any Way the Wind Blows
Overview: Antwerp, early June. On a sweltering Friday, eight people dream of a different life. There is wind and music, police and paranoia, gossip and arguing. There's an ancient virus, a lost Frisbee, a dead horse, and, wandering the city, an enigmatic phenomenon called Windman who feels everyone's pain but can't seem to help himself. In the evening a party awaits them...
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-17
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Girl
Overview: Muriel moves from a small village to the big city of Brussels, hoping to start an independent life working as a museum guide. She rents a room from Laura, who has a room to spare now that her mother is in hospital. Laura is a vital and candid woman who has a child-wish but leads a very chaotic life. Meanwhile, Muriel's mother has a hard time accepting that her daughter leads a life of her own now, and she also faces some changes at the factory where she works. The movie follows the interconnected lifes of these three women of three different generations, who all face different problems.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2002-09-01
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Loft
Overview: Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2008-10-21
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The Pack
Overview: In the middle of a snowy no man's land, Charlotte picks up Max, a hitchhiker; they stop in a truck-stop restaurant, and when Max doesn't come back from the bathroom, Charlotte starts looking for him in vain. She decides to return during the night but gets kidnapped by the bartender, La Spack, who turns out to be Max's mother and needs to feed her kids, 'The pack', a bunch of blood lusting ghouls. Charlotte now faces a terrifying reality: these ghouls are already dead... and hungry. Alone and in the middle of nowhere, she quickly realizes... she's next on the menu!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-09-29
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My Queen Karo
Overview: Nine-year-old Karo grows up with her parents in an Amsterdam commune in the Seventies. She leads a carefree existence in this utopia-for-adults. Everything is shared in the squat, but not everyone is able to honor these ideals. Karo gets confused because of the internal conflicts that start to divide the group. Karo slowly realizes that nothing can stay the same forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2009-10-28
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The Gang of Oss
Overview: Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town of Oss in the 1930s. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2011-09-29
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The President
Overview: A political comedy about an illegal Moroccan who makes it to President of the Netherlands. As we follow his unlikely rise and self-sought fall, Joes learns that it's easy to win the support of the people, but to rule them is a whole other story.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2011-09-15
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Pulsar
Overview: Samuel works in Brussels as a pharmaceutical delivery man. His gorgeous girlfriend Mireille heads off to New York to intern at a prestigious architecture firm. Shortly after her departure, Sam's computer is hacked. A series of rather dodgy IT-guys fail to protect his wireless network. The mysterious hacker seems intent on screwing up Samuel's life and his relationship with Mireille. Paranoia kicks in. Sam starts to suspect his neighbors and gets obsessed with WiFi-rays... Love, paranoia and two lovers separated by an ocean of communication devices.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-12
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Rust and Bone
Overview: Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-05-17
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The Drop
Overview: Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-12
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Death of a Shadow
Overview: Soldier Nathan died during World War I. A strange collector imprisoned his shadow and gave him a new chance: a second life against 10000 captured shadows. It is love that guides him, as his purpose is to meet Sarah again, the woman he fell in love with before he died. But then he discovers that she's already in love with someone else, jealousy clouds his mind and pushes him towards a bitter decision, not without consequences.
Genres: Romance Fantasy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2012-06-04
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Blood Ties
Overview: Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-22
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Nadine
Overview: A career woman's finds her biological clock ticking heavily, making her jump to impulsive and extreme actions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2007-10-25
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Overview: In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a hardworking young sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-23
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Ellektra
Overview: Ellektra is a story about comfort. The main character Sam finds real comfort and is released from her virtual comfort, drugs. Her true comfort is the sixteen year old girl Ellen, who puts people suffering from severe misfortune into contact with each other through SMS, and gives new meaning to their lives.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-05
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Suite Française
Overview: France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-12
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The Muse
Overview: An introverted young poet struggles with a writer's block and meets a mysterious girl, who reminds him of Monica Vitti.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-30
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A Little Chaos
Overview: A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-26
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The Loft
Overview: For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are gripped by paranoia as each one suspects another. Friendships are tested, loyalties are questioned, and marriages crumble while fear and suspicion run rampant.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-14
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The Danish Girl
Overview: When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-27
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A Bigger Splash
Overview: An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-26
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Disorder
Overview: An ex-soldier with PTSD is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-09-30
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Injury Time
Overview: Three Antwerp football fans are in Belgian Wallonia. After one of them is severely beaten up by a group of rival fans, Sid wants to leave immediately. But loose cannon Van Dessel is not planning on going home just yet.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-04
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The One Thing to Do
Overview: Edward Monskii, is in a very bad shape, and Botter Gaarman, obviously tired, are in the terrace of a coffee of a Mediterranean city, ready for a long time prepared mission. When a quite old man, Ernest Carpentier, joined their table, the situation becomes tense and dangerous.
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Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2005-12-21
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The End of the Ride
Overview: Samuel is sick. It is hard to refuse a sick man anything. So he gets what he wants, as usual. Although his friends aren't thrilled when he asks them to join him for what will become a very special weekend. A story about lost love, chilly friendships and saying goodbye.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-16
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Tunnelrat
Overview: Two enemy soldiers get locked up in a tunnel below the World War I front. Sharing the same fate, they need each other to survive.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-15
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Daughter
Overview: Marie waited years for her father to return, after he left with the words: "I'll call you"; then she met Mattias.
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Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2005-06-29
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Another Day
Overview: Short film without dialogue about the intimacy between lovers
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-05
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Phénix
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Original Language: fr
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Kursk
Overview: Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.
Genres: Drama History Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-07
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Racer and the Jailbird
Overview: When Gino meets racing driver Bénédicte, it's love at first sight. But Gino has a secret. The kind of secret that can endanger their lives.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-10-04
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Priest Daens
Overview: In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1992-10-01
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Red Sparrow
Overview: Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-28
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A Hidden Life
Overview: Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-27
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Our Souls at Night
Overview: Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-29
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Afterday
Overview: Emma is in a happy relationship with Jef. But she still meets up with her good friend Thomas to share a strange secluded weekend.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Retour
Overview: It's summer and Maxime, a cycling enthusiast, is on holiday. The weather is great and country roads are perfect for cycling. But Maxime's holidays are disrupted by news concerning his idol, a struggling professional cyclist, as well as his girlfriend's absence.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Exit
Overview: A Christmas tale about a man who suffered a severe traumatic childhood and lives a secluded life, in a small dwelling, abandoned by society. On a Christmas evening, his attention is caught by a reality show on television, where they give the chance to people to become astronauts. Since space travelling was his childhood dream, he seizes the opportunity to escape his pointless life.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-10
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A Message from Outer Space
Overview: Frits, a lonesome, unworldly astronomer, is in pursuit of extraterrestrial life in order to find true friendship, which he does not find on Earth. When one day an egg falls on his head, his lonely existence fills up with hope. Convinced of the fact that there is an extraterrestrial creature inside this egg, he decides to incubate it.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-12
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Gender
Overview: On June 3rd 1968, Factory member Valeria Solanas shot three bullets in Andy Warhol's chest. Solanas' extreme feminism and Warhol's eccentric entourage were the inspiration for Gender - a transgender black comedy in which the wacky plastic surgeon, Valerie, finally meets her gay biological father, Desire, and confronts him.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-27
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I Want Something And I Do Not Know What
Overview: In 1941, Etty Hillesum, a young Jewish woman living in occupied Amsterdam, starts a psychoanalysis with Julius Spiers, a disciple of Jung specializing in feminine hysteria.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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See
Overview: A man suffers visual impairment due to brain injury.
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Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The Blue Rose
Overview: Hans is an imaginative young boy whose life is forever changed by a summer job as a postman. During his responsible task, delivering a registered letter to the wealthy Nathalie de Laat, the boy falls in love with her. He chases the girl and spies on her villa. But shy as he is, Hans is not able to communicate normally with the girl. This will change when he starts sending her daily anonymous love letters in the form of a fairy tale. Nathalie's interest is aroused, but how will Hans make himself known as the sender?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Close Enemies
Overview: Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-10-03
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The Mustang
Overview: While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-15
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The Laundromat
Overview: When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-27
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Brothers by Blood
Overview: Peter and Michael, raised on the streets of Philadelphia, are the children of Irish mob members, forever linked by the crimes of their fathers. 30 years later, Michael now runs the criminal organization and lusts for more power, his dangerous antics frequently held in check by his cautious cousin Peter. Haunted by the death of his sister, whose passing destroyed both his parents, Peter is caught between the dreams of childhood and the realities of his life as an enforcer. His only reprieve is a local boxing gym, a sanctuary that is quickly threatened as Michael’s desire for control escalates.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-08
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The Way of the Wind
Overview: A dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
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Antwerp - The City Game
Overview: "De Pleintjes" is a documentary about Antwerp's street football culture. Rough areas such as Het Kiel, Borgerhout, Deurne and Stuivenberg are the backdrops to the social lives of thousands of youngsters. It's these areas where they grow up, learn about the world, and above all, dream of a better future.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2014-06-06
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Gritty Melodrama: The Making of “Rust and Bone” by Jacques Audiard
Overview: A lengthy and detailed examination of the making of the 2012 film Rust and Bone, directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts, with raw on-set footage, intimate details behind the technical aspects of the shoot including the extensive special effects, the process of shooting various scenes, the inherent challenges in making the movie, and more. The making of was an extra on the Blu-Ray.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-11-07
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The Old Guard
Overview: Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-10
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Amsterdam
Overview: In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-27
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Zuur
Overview: The ultimate confrontation between the acid-mutilated Kim and her ex-boyfriend, revolving door criminal Kasper. The latter hopes for a reduction of the sentence, but Kim hopes for something completely different. Revenge, here and now.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-18
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The Old Guard 2
Overview: Andy leads immortal warriors against a powerful enemy threatening their group. They grapple with the resurfacing of a long-lost immortal, complicating their mission to safeguard humanity.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-07-01
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Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
Overview: While Superman was sent to Earth and raised by incredibly loving parents, Kara was left on Krypton. For the first fourteen years of her life, Kara lived alone on a piece of Krypton that drifted away from the planet.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2026-06-24
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Violette
Overview: Violette Toussaint, a beloved cemetery caretaker, lives a peaceful life filled by conversations with quirky workers and the many visitors who share with her their stories of love, loss, and life. One day her life is thrown off course when a mysterious stranger shows up on her doorstep compelling her to confront her troubled past filled with hidden truths. Violette comes to understand that the truth behind long-buried mysteries in her past must be uncovered if she wants to take another chance on life and, against all odds, love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
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Ruin
Overview: In the rubble of Germany following World War II, a newly released Jewish camp prisoner forms an alliance with a German soldier as they both seek revenge on a Nazi Schutzstaffel unit.
Genres: War Thriller
Original Language: en
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