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The Belgian Job

Il Ă©tait une fois, une fois

FEATURE FILM 96'
Comedy

Ocean’s 11, Belgian-style
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Directed by

Christian Merret-Palmair (Les Portes de la gloire)

Starring

Anne Marivin (Little White Lies, Welcome to the Land of Ch tis)
François-Xavier Demaison (My Afternoons with Marguerite, Little Nicholas, Coluche - Cesar Award nomination for Best Actor)
Jean-Luc Couchard (My Worst Nightmare, Taxi 4)
Charlie Dupont

Production

Dominique Faruggia (Monsieur Batignole) – FEW Productions

2011 / Original language: French / Color / Dolby SRD / available in hd & 2k

Recently paroled, sexy young con artist Céline is on the lookout for her next job. She thinks she’s found her victim in a Belgian Crown prince and his entourage, partying for free at a 5-star hotel in Paris. But Willy is just a guy, who got turned down for a job in this hotel… because he’s Belgian and French simply don’t take the Belgians seriously! So he and his two friends are getting their revenge. Seeing her chance, Céline threatens to unmask their imposture if they don’t help her steal a priceless jewel, during an A-list event at the hotel.
To get past security, Willy and CĂ©line will pose as a Belgian prince and princess, while Serge and his obsessive paramilitary buddy, Franck, pretend to be their bodyguards. An unlikely team of jewel thieves who can make even the most thought-out plan go haywire!

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An “Ocean’s Eleven” spiced up and sauced up Belgian style”
“Jean-Luc Couchard has the surrealist madness of Poelvoorde; Charlie Dupont has the silly audacity of Damiens.”
Studio Cinelive

“Hilarious”
“Certain sequences have almost become cult favorites”
Le Parisien

“A delightful comedy”
Biba

“François-Xavier Demaison is excellent”
Metro

"These actors are no small fries!"
FHM

“A comedy like a good old pot of mussels with fries, served at the upscale Place Vendôme”
Pariscope

“This comedy Made in Flat Country is wildly reminiscent of Welcome to the Sticks.”
Public


Belgium

“Royally funny”
“Still laughing!”
Le Soir

“Full of laughs”
Le Vif L'Express

“At times you think you’ll die laughing”
7/7

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Cinetelerevue

“It’s been a long time since I’ve laughed like that”
“It’s easy to get caught up in this crazy film”
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