Movies: Gert Portael

During a scorching summer in a Belgian-Dutch border village, eight teenagers play games of discovery to break the listless monotony. They challenge each other and themselves and pretty soon, their sexual curiosity starts to blur the lines between rig...

Placide's dad tells him on his deathbed he'll haunt Placide if he doesn't find a wife soon. Placide cautiously agrees, but he only wants to settle for a very beautiful woman. That might be easier said than done, since he is a vagabond. When he accide...

In this film within a film, a Belgian serial killer escapes prison and finds that a filmmaker is making a movie about his life. A maverick director, a merciless producer, an insubordinate star, and a conviced serial killer all try to survive the dea...

Social comedy about 2 forty-somethings who're looking for a new purpose in life....

After her parents' death, a young woman moves in with her unsophisticated country relatives with unfortunate results....

Jean is a family man and factory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter. Pinning his hopes on his teenage daughter, Marva, he takes her to singing contests in which the awkward and overweight girl struggles to belt out a tune. When Jean is sudden...

A man with bloody hands is arrested as prime suspect in a murder case. He does not understand why and refuses to cooperate. Bernard Van de Wiele, the suspect, is a writer. One of the police inspectors comes up with the idea to give him a typewriter: ...

When Abraham, a dissolute accordion player with a sheep and a massive hangover arrives in a peaceful rural town, the lives of the inhabitants will never be the same again....

Rue Royale tells the urban, modern lovestory of Ila & Flynn, a young couple living in a squat in the city centre of Brussels. They've managed to survive properly by getting things for free & because of the love they feel for each other. The i...

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Short road-movie-like drama about a young unemployed woman who makes her empty life more exciting by playing dangerous games with the car. Then she can't turn back....