The Wall (1998 film)

Le Mur
Directed by Alain Berliner
Produced by Arte France, Haut et Court
Written by Alain Berliner
Starring Daniel Hanssens
Pascale Bal
Music by Alain Debaisieux
Release dates
 18 December 1998.
Running time
 65 min.
Language Dutch, French

The Wall (original title Le Mur) is a 1998 Belgian tragicomedy film, directed by Alain Berliner for the 2000, Seen By... series. The story is a surreal[1] satirical allegory of the bi-lingual problems in Belgium.[2][3]

Plot

Belgium, 1999. Albert is a 35-year old Walloon philosopher who works as a Belgian fries salesman. His store is located right on the Belgian language border. He serves his customers in Flanders and bakes his fries in Wallonia. Albert fancies the Flemish woman Wendy. After a new year celebration Albert wakes up and discovers to his horror that overnight a giant wall has been built on the language border, effectively separating Flanders from Wallonia. His store is therefore cut in half two. As a citizen of Wallonia he is only able to travel to Flanders by using a visum...

Production

The film was made for the 2000, Seen By... project,[4] initiated by the French company Hout et Court to produce films depicting the approaching turn of the millennium seen from the perspectives of 10 different countries.[5]

Cast

Sources

  1. ↑ "Francographies". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Critique - Le Mur d'Alain Berliner (Webzine n° 17 - Mai 1998) - Webzine de Cinergie.be". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. ↑ http://alainberliner.com/site/cat-en/features/le-mur/
  4. ↑ "Le Mur," Haut et Court, URL accessed 15 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson, Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide, Wallflower Press, 2002, p. 367.
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