''Cleo'' is a 2019 Belgian drama film directed and written by
Eva Cools, her first feature-length film.
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History and profile
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Background
Cools funded the film with support from the Flemish Audiovisual Fund, Screen Brussels and via additional support from crowdsourcing.
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Plot
''Cleo'' is the story of a 17-year-old girl who survives a serious road accident. Her parents did not have that chance. After this fatal night, she gets lost in Brussels and takes refuge with Leos, a mysterious man older than her. Cleo's father was a renowned pianist, and the girl has been playing since a very young age. If Cleo likes to listen to contemporary music, it is the piano (and especially the work of Rachmaninov) that is at the heart of her reconstruction process.
Cast
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Anna Franziska Jaeger as Cleo
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Roy Aernouts as Leos
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Natali Broods Natali may refer to:
* Natali Vineyards
* Natali (name), list of people with the given name
* Natali (surname), list of people with the surname
* Little Natali
Natali (or "Little Natali") had a brief musical career as a child prodigy singer from ...
as Arianne
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Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau (born 27 February 1953) is a Belgian comedian, actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won three César Awards from four nominations.
Career
She made her cinematic debut with director Agnès Varda in two movies: Sept piè ...
as Jet
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Martha Canga Antonio
Martha Canga Antonio (born 1995), is a Belgian actress and singer of Angolan descent. She is best known for the critically acclaimed film ''Black''.
Early life and education
Martha Canga Antonio was born in 1995 in Mons, Belgium, to parents ...
as Myra
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Jan Hammenecker
Jan Hammenecker ( Mariekerke, 2 October 1878- Westrode, 13 June 1932) was a Flemish Roman Catholic priest and writer. One of his pupils was Gerard Walschap.
Bibliography
* Verzen (1908)
* Van Christus' apostelen (1913)
* Oorlogsgetijden (?)
* Zoo ...
as De Wachter
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Lucie Debay
Lucie Debay is a Belgian-French actress who has appeared in film, television and theatre.
Career
After developing an interest in acting, Debay enrolled at the INSAS Film School in Brussels and graduated from there in 2009. She later began wor ...
as Jeanne
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Ishaq El Akel Ishak, Ishaq or Eshaq may refer to:
* Ishak (name), list of people with this given name or surname
* Isaaq, a Somali clan-family in the Horn of Africa
* Ishaaq bin Ahmed, the semi-legendary forefather and common ancestor of the Isaaq clan-family ...
as Bruno
Production
Principal photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production.
Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as a ...
on the film began on 24 January 2018 and lasted til 9 March 2018 in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
.
Accolades
Cools won the Visser-Neerlandia Prize in 2016 for the film's script.
Cools' debut film Cleo won the Alice MyMovies Award at the Italian Alice Nella Città film festival.
At the
10th Magritte Awards
The 10th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2019 in Belgium. It took place on 1 February 2020, at the Square, in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels. During the ceremony, the A ...
, ''Cleo'' received two nominations in the categories of
Best Flemish Film and
Best Supporting Actress for Yolande Moreau.
References
External links
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2019 films
2019 comedy films
Belgian comedy films
2010s French-language films
French-language Belgian films
2010s French films
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