Private Property
A film by Joachim Lafosse, 2006-
Genre: Drama
Languages: French
Format: 1.66
Duration: 92 min
Countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Year: 2006
SYNOPSIS
-A woman lives alone with her twins in an old, renovated farm in Belgium. Although they were divorced long ago, she and her husband continue tearing each other apart in front of their children, two young adults incapable of looking after themselves. Helpless and in a bid for survival, the mother leaves the house. In her absence, a fratricidal war breaks out…
CREDITS
-Director: Joachim Lafosse
Script: Joachim Lafosse et François Pirot
Image: Hichame Alaouié
Sound: Benoît De Clerck
Editing: Sophie Vercruysse
Direction Artistique: Anna Falguerès, Sabine Riche, Régine Constant
Cast:
Pascale : Isabelle Huppert
Thierry : Jérémie Renier
François : Yannick Renier
Jan : Kris Cuppens
Anne : Raphaëlle Lubansu
Luc : Patrick Descamps
L’amie de Jan : Catherine Salée
Produced by Tarantula (BE & LU), Mact Productions (France).
Internationales sales : Films Distribution
GALLERY
-FESTIVALS
-Toronto International Film Festival 2006
Special Presentations Programme
Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival 2006
Thessaloniki International Film Festival /Section ID 06
Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2006
Rome International Film Festival 2006
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Bratislava International Film Festival
Tallin International Film Festival
Rotterdam International Film Festival 2007
European Film Market 2007
Australian French Embassy 2007
Hong Kong International Film Fest. 2007
Nat Film Festival 2007 - Denmark
Jeonju International Film Festival 2007
Bucharest French Embassy Bis 2007
Moscow International Film Festival 2007
Munich International Film Festival 2007
Auckland and Wellinghton International Film Festival 2007
Era Nowy Horyzonty 2007
Espoo Cine International Film Festival 2007
Festival Baltic Pearl 2007
Haifa International Film Festival 2007
Festa do Cinema Frances
Damascus International Film Festival 2007
Cinemania Film Festival - Montréal 2007
Institut Français de Rabat 2007
Filmfestival Max Ophuels Preis
Febiofest 2008
10e Festival international du film de Bratislava
Cavens Award : Best belgian movie by L’union de la critique de cinéma
DIRECTOR
-Joachim Lafosse was born in Brussels, in 1975. He graduated from IAD (Institut des Arts de Diffusion in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium) and his end-of-studies film Tribu was well received in many festivals. Working as scriptwriter, director, author and stage director, he moves from one project to the next at a frenzied rate. His uncompromising first feature length feature film, Folie Privée (2004), received many awards. 2006 was a key year for this thirty year old director: Ça rend Heureux, his second feature length film was presented in competition at the Locarno Festival and the Premiers Plans Festival in Angers where he won the Grand Prix. The same year, he received critical acclaim for Nue Propriété in competition at the Venice Festival. Elève Libre is Joachim Lafosse’s fourth feature film.
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-PRESS REVIEWS
-“An impeccably acted character drama revolving around a mother and her teenage twin sons, Private Property shows how strong and how terrifying the bonds within families can be.”
Kenneth Turan / Los Angeles Times
“What draws us into “Private Property” is how so many things happen under the surface, never commented upon. At any given moment, we cannot say for sure what the characters fully feel, since they often act at right angles to their emotions.”
Robert Ebert / Chicago Sun-Times
“Lafosse has made a mordant movie beyond genres — and one that is too mesmerizing to miss.”
Andrew Sarris / New-York Observer
“[Director] Lafosse’s frustrating, yet beautifully elegiac coda emphasizes the point that his production and storytelling style have been making throughout: Private Property is about processes, not conclusions.”
Tasha Robinson / Chicago Tribune
“Intense and very involving drama by Belgian director Joachim Lafosse.”
Peter Bradshaw / Guardian
“Thanks to the acuity of their performances, the old adage “You always hurt the ones you love” rings new and true.”
Tom Dawson / Total Film