Biography
Lucas Belvaux was born in 1961 in Belgium (Namur). In 1979, he moved to Paris to become an actor. One year later, he played the lead role in Yves Boisset’s film Allons Z’enfants, which launched his acting career. In the following ten years, he will be given the opportunity to work with Jacques Rivette (Hurlevent), Claude Chabrol (Le Poulet au Vinaigre, Madame Bovary), Claude Goretta (La Mort de Mario Ricci), Olivier Assayas (Désordre), Marco Ferreri (Le Banquet), among others.
In 1991, he directed his first feature film, Parfois Trop d’Amour, but recognition as a filmmaker only comes five years later with the movie Pour Rire!. In 2003, he directed Un Couple Épatant, Cavale, Après la Vie, a trilogy that won the Louis Delluc Prize. In 2006, La Raison du Plus Faible, with Natacha Régnier and Éric Caravaca, represented Belgium at the Cannes Film Festival. Rapt, 38 Témoins and Pas son Genre followed, with Émilie Dequenne and Loïc Corbery, which won 3 Magritte. His Chez Nous, with Emilie Dequenne, André Dussollier and Guillaume Gouix was released in February 2017. He has also directed 4 films for the television.
Brussels International Film Festival
Actor
Movies | |
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2009 |
Army of Crime |
Rapt |
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2007 |
Have Mercy on Us All |
2006 |
La Raison du plus faible |
2005 |
Merry Christmas |
2004 |
Nature contre nature (TV movie) |
Tomorrow We Move |
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2002 |
After the Life |
An Amazing Couple |
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Cavale |
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2001 |
Dérives (TV movie) |
They Call This... Spring |
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2000 |
Mère en fuite (TV movie) |
1997 |
Sorrisi asmatici - Fiori del destino |
1993 |
Grand bonheur |
1991 |
Madame Bovary |
1990 |
Trois années |
1989 |
Incognito (TV movie) |
Le Banquet (TV movie) |
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1988 |
La Loi sauvage |
1986 |
Disorder |
1985 |
La Baston |
Le Passage (TV movie) |
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Poulet au vinaigre |
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Wuthering Heights |
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1984 |
American Dreamer |
La Femme ivoire |
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Le Vent du nord (TV movie) |
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Ronde de nuit |
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The Public Woman |
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1983 |
The Death of Mario Ricci |
1982 |
Non récupérables (TV movie) |
The Trout |
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1981 |
Allons z'enfants |
Quatre femmes, quatre vies : Être heureux sans le bonheur (TV movie) |
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1980 |
L'Enfant dans le corridor (TV movie) |
Series | |
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1997 |
Combats de femme |
1996 |
Les Alsaciens - Ou les deux Mathilde |
1989 |
Navarro |
Documentaries | |
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2018 |
Tous au Festival (TV movie) |
2013 |
Le Cinéma français se porte bien |
Short | |
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1995 |
Double Express |
1987 |
Pas de C4 pour Daniel Daniel |
1981 |
Le Voyage d'hiver |
Director
Movies | |
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2020 |
Home Front |
2017 |
This Is Our Land |
2014 |
Not My Type |
2012 |
One Night |
2009 |
Rapt |
2007 |
Les Prédateurs (TV movie) |
2006 |
La Raison du plus faible |
2004 |
Nature contre nature (TV movie) |
2002 |
After the Life |
An Amazing Couple |
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Cavale |
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1996 |
Pour rire ! |
1992 |
Parfois trop d'amour |
Short | |
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2010 |
We Work Here, We Live Here, We Stay Here! |
1997 |
We, France's Undocumented Immigrants |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2020 |
Home Front |
2017 |
This Is Our Land |
2014 |
Not My Type |
2012 |
One Night |
2006 |
La Raison du plus faible |
2002 |
An Amazing Couple |
1992 |
Parfois trop d'amour |
Guest
Shows | |
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2007 |
Rencontres de cinéma |
2000 |
L'invité |
1997 |
Metropolis |
1992 |
Le Cercle de minuit |