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Entries in Jerzy Skolimowski (2)

Wednesday
Apr062011

De la Iglesia's The Last Circus kicks off 2011 BIFFF

In less than 24 hours Alex de la Iglesia's The Last Circus (Balada Triste de Trompeta) will officially kick off Belgium's arguably most important and definitely coolest film festival, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival –or, to use the name that rolls more knowledgeably off the tongue, the BIFFF.

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Saturday
Jan292011

The classics of Imitation weekly (2): Le départ (1967), by Jerzy Skolimowski

Le départ (The departure) (1967) (93 min)

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski

Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Catherine Duport, Jacqueline Bir, Paul Roland, Leon Dony, Lucien Charbonnier

(See general spoiler policy for this section)

The first film Skolimowski made out of Poland is an offbeat story of a young Belgian hairdresser apprentice (Jean-Pierre Léaud) driven by a compulsive obsession to become a racing driver. Together with his girlfriend (Catherine Duport) he embarks on a frenetic (more often than not illegal) trip all around Brussels to secure the means for his dream.

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