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THE “MADE IN BELGIËQUE” GUESTS<br />
© David Koskas<br />
luCaS belVaux<br />
Lucas Belvaux grew up in<br />
Namur. At 16 he went to <strong>Paris</strong><br />
to try his luck, and began<br />
working as an actor. He starred<br />
alongside Jean Carmet and<br />
also appeared in <strong>film</strong>s by<br />
Claude Chabrol and Jacques<br />
Rivette. He then moved behind<br />
the camera, making Parfois<br />
trop d’amour, Just for Laughs,<br />
and finally his great success,<br />
the <strong>film</strong> trilogy consisting of An<br />
Amazing Couple, On the Run,<br />
and After Life. He is the brother<br />
of Rémy Belvaux, actor and<br />
director of the cult <strong>film</strong> Man<br />
Bites Dog.<br />
HaRRY CleVen<br />
Harry Cleven began his acting<br />
career in the theatre. Trained<br />
at the Royal Conservatory of<br />
Liège, he acted in classical<br />
plays such as Phèdre and<br />
Waiting for Godot. He then<br />
performed for the most<br />
prestigious <strong>film</strong>makers;<br />
he acted in Alain Corneau’s<br />
Extreme Justice, in Jaco Van<br />
Dormael’s Toto the Hero, as<br />
well as in two <strong>film</strong>s by Jean-<br />
Luc Godard, Oh, Woe is Me and<br />
For Ever Mozart. Trouble is<br />
the third <strong>feature</strong> <strong>film</strong> that he<br />
directed, after Abracadabra<br />
and Why Get Married the Day<br />
the World Ends?<br />
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© Gil Lesage / Charlette Studio<br />
made in belgiëque<br />
The Guests<br />
lYdia CHagOll<br />
Lydia Chagoll is a dancer,<br />
choreographer, <strong>film</strong>maker, and<br />
author, born in the Netherlands<br />
in 1931. At age 11, she was<br />
held for more than three years<br />
in Japanese prison camps,<br />
which marked her future<br />
works. After a long career as<br />
a dancer and choreographer<br />
throughout the world, she<br />
began to make <strong>film</strong>s. In<br />
particular, she dealt with the<br />
issues of child abuse and the<br />
Nazi regime, with acclaimed<br />
<strong>film</strong>s such as In the Name of<br />
the Führer, Knowing Why, and<br />
For the Smile of a Child.<br />
Pauline ÉTienne<br />
When she was 18, Pauline<br />
Étienne made her <strong>film</strong> debut<br />
in Joachim Lafosse’s Private<br />
Lessons. She was noticed<br />
in Restless, in the lead role<br />
opposite Michel Piccoli, which<br />
earned her the Best Actress<br />
Prize at the International<br />
Festival of Young Filmmakers<br />
in Saint-Jean-de-Luz. In 2010,<br />
she was awarded the Prix<br />
Lumière for Best Actress for<br />
Léa Fehner’s Silent Voice. In<br />
2013, she brilliantly starred in<br />
The Nun by William Nicloux.
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