I'd like the names of five or more theatrical feature films (not
travel videos) whose action takes place in Belgium.

Criteria:

- "Set in Belgium" does not have to mean exclusively; let's say a "major portion"
- Region of special (but not exclusive) interest:  Bruges/Brugge
- Time of action:  can be past or present (bonus points for a medieval setting)
- Language:  English (subtitles ok)
- Subject matter:  anything but war movies - meaning no WWI or WWII pictures

Additional points of interest:  good footage of cityscapes and
landscapes, location feel, drama that gives a true reflection of the
culture

These do not have to be films that are available for rental (that is,
I am not asking you to check on availability or provide links for
purchasing), but that's my next step:  I am going to try to rent
and/or purchase them.  This question is about existence, not access.

Thank you,
Archae0pteryx

Hello Archae0pteryx,

Below you will find the results of my research for movies set in Belgium.



Toute une nuit (1982)
Also Known As: All Night Long 

?Plot Summary: Following over two dozen different people in the almost
wordless atmosphere of a dark night in a Brussels town.?

Language: French / English 

IMDb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084808/

Toute Une Nuit (1982) - English subtitles
Available at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1566870534/imdb-adbox/103-8989118-0440621#product-details


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La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978, (1994)

?Road movie on the road of life in Belgium of the sixties. Cool! Dark
comedy about a writer who wants to become world-famous by leaving his
village and his family and going to Brussels. ?. Splendid photography.
?
http://synge.imdb.com/title/tt0111622/

Filming Locations for 
Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978, La (1994)
Blankenberge, Belgium 
Brussels, Belgium
http://synge.imdb.com/title/tt0111622/locations

Purchase here:
Subtitles in English
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/630419725X/imdb-adbox/103-8989118-0440621


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Left Luggage 

?Set in Belgium in the early 70's, Left Luggage is the touching and
emotional story of Chaja, a rebellious philosophy student stuggling to
come of age. Her relationship with her parents, both concentration
camp survivors, is strained and she finds herself unable to accept her
Jewish identity. A family friend finds her a job as a nanny for a
Hassidic family with 5 children. Joining forces with Mrs. Kalman
(Isabella Rossellini) and through her love for the youngest child who
doesn't speak, Chaja learns to accept and respect a culture steeped in
traditions, and finds the true value of life.?
Language: English

Amazon
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JAB7/imdbca-20/702-1090910-1780804

Set in Antwerp, Belgium in the early 70's, 
Set in Antwerp, Belgium in the early 70's
http://www.celebritywonder.com/movie/2000_Left_Luggage.html


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The Nun's Story 

?Set in Belgium, the film unfolds with the growing up of Audrey as
sister Luke who is determined to become a nurse and work in the
congo.?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CNR2/026-6653625-3220429

Some of the filming locations for The Nun's Story (1959)are:
Belgium 
Brugge, Belgium 
(Convent exteriors, other exteriors)
Froyennes, Belgium
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0053131/locations

Purchase VHS here:
English Language
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302636779/ref=ase_imdb-adbox/103-8989118-0440621?v=glance&s=video


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A Dog of Flanders (1999)

?Poor but happy, young Nello and his grandfather live alone,
delivering milk as a livelihood, in the outskirts of Antwerp, a city
in Flanders (the Flemish or Dutch-speaking part of modern-day
Belgium). They discover a beaten dog (a Bouvier, a large sturdy dog
native to Flanders) and adopt it and nurse it back to health, naming
it Patrasche, the middle name of Nello's mother Mary, who died when
Nello was very young. ?
Language: English 
http://synge.imdb.com/title/tt0160216/plotsummary

Filming Locations
Bokrijk, Belgium 
Bruges, Belgium 
Brussels, Belgium 
Damme, Belgium 
Diest, Belgium 
Mechelen, Belgium 
Veurne, Belgium 
Voeren, Belgium 
http://synge.imdb.com/title/tt0160216/locations

Video available at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0790748746/ref=ase_imdb-adbox/103-8989118-0440621?v=glance&s=video


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Brussels by Night (1983)

?Plot Summary: This is the story of a man who travels to Brussels, and
meets some people with whom he spends a few days??
Language:Dutch

It does not say if it is available with subtitles.

IMDb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088861/

Filming Locations for Brussels by Night (1983)
Brussels, Belgium 
Ittre, Wallonia, Belgium 
Machelen, Belgium 
Ninove, Flanders, Belgium 
Ronquières, Wallonia, Belgium 
Sint-Lambrechts-Wolume, Brussels, Belgium
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088861/locations

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Manneken Pis (1995)

Plot Outline: 

?A young man having lost his familiy as a boy in an accident comes to
Brussels. There he falls in love with a girl who drives trams.?

User Comments: Beautiful atmosphere 
Language: Dutch
It does not say if it is available with subtitles.

IMDb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113767/


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Aaltra (2004)

'Aaltra', made on a budget of about ninepence (and showing every penny
of it) is a harsh and unsentimental comedy about a couple of
paraplegics who go on a road trip from Belgium to Finland by means of
hitch-hiking in their wheelchairs.

Language: English / Finnish / French / German 

http://synge.imdb.com/title/tt0405629/

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THE TURKEY, a delightful short by Sam Garbarski (director of THE
RASHEVSKI?S TANGO) set in Brussels on Christmas Eve, 1953
http://www.imaginenews.com/Archive/2004/OCT_2004/01_FEATURES/11_JEWISHFF.html


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Search criteria:
Movie OR film "set in Belgium OR Brussels OR Bruges OR Brugge"


I hope this is helpful!


Best regards,
Bobbie7

Hi, Bobbie7--nice to hear from you!  This is just what I wanted, and
then some, with more than 5 titles and with availability information
included.

Many thanks for past and present assistance--
Archae0pteryx

Dear Archae0pteryx,

Thank you for the 5 star rating and nice tip.  I'm glad I was able to help.

Sincerely,
Bobbie7

Hello archae0pteryx-ga,

Nice to see you back. Bobbie's list is terrific. Here are a few more.
I keep thinking that part of Two for the Road with Audrey Hepburn and
Albert Finney also was shot in Belgium, but that might be my memory
playing tricks. I loved that movie.

I hope your story is progressing well.

~ czh ~ 

http://www.bruxelles.irisnet.be/en/tourismeloisirs/tourisme_et_loisirs/bruxelles_dans_les_arts/bruxelles_dans_le_cinema.shtml
Brussels in the cinema

http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0245,winter,39674,20.html
Luminous Motion
"Transcendent Realism: New and Old Cinema from Belgium" 

http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/archives/belgian.html
A Week of Contemporary Belgian Cinema

http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/mavieenrose/
Ma Vie en Rose
The movie is set in a suburb of Brussels

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hop/
HOP (2002)
Set in Brussels

Thanks, czh, for your additional suggestions--most welcome--and for
your good wishes.

I did see your other message, posted elsewhere, before it (again
inexplicably) disappeared.  I appreciate your point of view, but I do
not accept the analogy. Posting a Q on GA is not like showing your
mechanic $100 with a sweet smile and asking him to fix your car for
that.  It's more like going down to auto row, waving your $100, and
saying, "Who'll fix my car for this?"  You might get a few catcalls
from the upscale mechanics, but if someone is willing to do the job
decently, that's enough.  If someone isn't, so be it.  The customer
doesn't finger the provider; it's self-selecting, and whoever takes it
on does it on those terms and for his or her own reasons.

As for the matter of "branding," I barely understand what you said. 
Such an idea never crossed my mind.

Regards,
Archae0pteryx