''Blind Spot'' () is a 2017 Belgian
thriller film
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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
Best Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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and
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Film awards
* AACTA Award for Best Direction
* Academy Award for Best Director
* As ...
for Ben Yadir, winning
Most Promising Actor for Chilah.
Cast
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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 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
On
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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
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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
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