Loft is a new Flemish thriller that is having rather a lot of success here in Belgium, even getting larger audiences in Flanders than the latest James Bond film Quantum of Solace.
It’s the cinema equivalent of an intelligent page-turner, and I loved it. You’re completely absorbed by the film, it’s enjoyable, there’s great dialogue, the characters are interesting and you’re constantly trying to figure what makes them tick.
The film centres around five male friends, all married, who rent a loft where they can entertain their lovers in private. All’s well in their little world until one morning a dead woman is found in their loft.
It's essentially a “whodunnit” and as the action twists and turns we get more insight into the five men’s characters and discover how their lives are intertwined, for better or for worse.
The music, composed by Germany’s Wolfram de Marco, is performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra and is suitably dark and atmospheric. The script was written by Bart de Pauw and the film directed by Erik Van Looy.
As far as I’m aware it has only been released in Flanders and Brussels so far. Hopefully it will be distributed further afield in the not too distant future. In the meantime there are trailers on the official website.
4 comments:
This sounds great - what language is it?
Dutch, with French subtitles if you're in Brussels. Presumably English ones too soon, if they hope to distribute beyond Flanders!
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Carlos
Portugal
Sounds like it's worth watching, even through the feelings of self-disgust it will inevitably prompt: I've lived in Belgium for nine years and still wouldn't be able to follow the the film properly without subtitles!
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