''Private Property'' () is a 2006 French-language Belgian film directed by
Joachim Lafosse
Joachim Lafosse (born 18 January 1975) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter.
Career
Lafosse studied at the IAD (Institut des arts de diffusion) at Louvain-la-Neuve between 1997 and 2001. His graduation film ''Tribu'', a 24-minute short ...
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The film received the
André Cavens Award for Best Film
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by the
Belgian Film Critics Association
The Belgian Film Critics Association (, UCC) is an organization of film critics from publications based in Brussels, Belgium.
History
The Belgian Film Critics Association was founded in the early 1950s in Brussels. Its membership includes film r ...
(UCC).
Title
''Nue propriété'' is French for bare ownership/property, i.e., without
usufruct
Usufruct () is a limited real right (or ''in rem'' right) found in civil law and mixed jurisdictions that unites the two property interests of ''usus'' and ''fructus'':
* ''Usus'' (''use'', as in usage of or access to) is the right to use or en ...
. In the film a woman considers selling the house in which she lives with her twin sons. The sons oppose this. They get support from their father, who claims bare ownership of the house, and wants to keep it for the twins.
Plot
Two young adult non-identical twin men, François and Thierry, still live with their mother. They are very close, e.g. they bathe together and wash each other's hair.
They are very upset when their mother wants to sell the house. The situation gets tense and the mother leaves the house for an indefinite time. The good relation between the twins deteriorates. In a fight one gets very badly injured. The other panics and feels guilty.
Cast
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Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Known for her portrayals of cold, austere women devoid of morality, she is considered one of the greatest actresses of her generation. With 16 nominations and two win ...
as Pascale
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Jérémie Renier
(; born 6 January 1981) is a Belgian actor. His film debut was in 1992 at the age of 11 in a small Belgian film entitled "Les sept péchés capitaux (The Seven Deadly Sins)". He became better known to worldwide audiences in '' Brotherhood of ...
as Thierry
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Yannick Renier as François
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Kris Cuppens as Jan
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Patrick Descamps
Patrick Descamps is a Belgian actor and stage director.
Theater As director
As actor
Filmography
Dubbing
External links
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Living people
People from Mons, Belgium
20th-century Belgian male acto ...
as Luc
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Raphaëlle Lubansu as Anne
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Sabine Riche as Gerda
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Dirk Tuypens as Dirk
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Catherine Salée as Jan's friend
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Philippe Constant as Jan's friend
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Delphine Bibet as Karine
See also
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Isabelle Huppert on screen and stage
Isabelle Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in more than 120 feature films, mostly in starring roles. Regarded as one of the most respected actresses in French cinema, she has appeared in films directed by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Goda ...
References
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2006 films
2006 drama films
2000s French-language films
Films directed by Joachim Lafosse
French drama films
Belgian drama films
French-language Belgian films
2000s French films
2000s Belgian films
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