''Blind Spot'' () is a 2017 Belgian

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directed by

Nabil Ben Yadir Nabil Ben Yadir (born 24 February 1979) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and producer. Career Ben Yadir made his feature-length directorial debut in 2009 with ''The Barons'', which he also co-wrote with Laurent Brandenbourger and Sébast ...

. It stars

Peter Van Den Begin Peter Alfons Christiaan Van Den Begin (born 25 October 1964 in Berchem) is a Belgian actor and director. He has two daughters with actress and singer-songwriter Tine Reymer. His very first theater performances include acting in such plays as ...

as Jan Verbeek, an uncompromising police officer from Antwerp. The film was written by

Laurent Brandenbourger Laurent Brandenbourger is a Belgian screenwriter and film director. In 2009, he co-wrote with Nabil Ben Yadir and Sébastien Fernandez the comedy film ''The Barons'', for which he received a nomination for the Magritte Award for Best Screenplay ...

and Ben Yadir, who also produced alongside Peter Bouckaert and Benoit Roland. It was screened at the Beaune International Film Festival on 30 March 2017, where it competed for the Grand Prix. At the

8th Magritte Awards The 8th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2017 in Belgium and took place on 3 February 2018 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 8:45 p.m. CE ...

, ''Blind Spot'' received four nominations, including

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and

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for Ben Yadir, winning Most Promising Actor for Chilah.

Cast

as Jan Vorbeek * Soufiane Chilah as Dries Ben Haïfa *

Jan Decleir Jan Decleir (born as ''Jan Amanda Gustaaf Decleir'' on 14 February 1946) is a prolific Belgian movie and stage actor born in Niel, Antwerp. Career He had his first big role in Fons Rademakers's ''Mira'' (1971). Since then, he has appeared in ...

as Voorzitter *

David Murgia David Murgia (born 16 March 1988) is a Belgian actor. He started his career in theatre in the early 2000s and has since gone on to appear in films. Theater Filmography References External links * 1988 births 20th-century Belgian ma ...

as Axel

Critical reception

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website

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, the film holds an average score of three stars out of five, based on a survey of 20 reviews.

Accolades

References

External links

* 2017 films 2017 thriller films Belgian thriller films 2010s Dutch-language films 2010s French-language films 2017 multilingual films Belgian multilingual films Dutch-language Belgian films 2010s Belgian films Dutch-language thriller films French-language Belgian films {{2010s-thriller-film-stub