A new event: BELGIAN CULT invites you to (re)discover films that have left a lasting mark on Belgian cinema and beyond. Whether a commercial success or failure, an intimate gesture or a megalomaniac project, an acclaimed or controversial work, each of these films represents a milestone in the history of Belgian cinema through its impact on national production as well as on the international scene.

These screenings will be presented in collaboration with Wouter Hessels, Professor of Film History at RITCS and INSAS, and in the presence of guests connected to the film (filmmakers, members of the film crew, privileged witnesses…).

In the presence of Benoit Mariage, filmmaker, and introduced by Wouter Hessels, film historian.

LES CONVOYEURS ATTENDENT - 35mm

Benoît Mariage

BE, 93', 1999, VO FR ST NL

Synopsis : Roger Closset lives in a small house in the suburbs of Charleroi. He lives with his wife and two children. He also has a neighbour who is a pigeon fancier and swears by Napoleon, his champion racing pigeon. There is the village and its factories running at half speed. Roger earns a modest living as a photographer for the local newspaper. He hacks into police frequencies, on the lookout for news stories. Roger wants to get ahead and dreams of getting into the record books to win the car promised by the Traders' Association.