Jean-Jacques Andrien

Le fils d'Amr est mort

Jean-Jacques Andrien

Pierre Clémenti, Claire Wauthion

Pierre, a young man of Brussels, has lost his job. Unbeknowst to Barbara, the woman he lives with, he has become a pickpocket to survive. He works in partnership with a young Tunisian immigrant he meets every Sunday in an abandoned bus where they share the loot of the week. One day, Pierre finds his accomplice dead in their hiding place. Pierre suddenly realizes that he does not know much about his dead friend. Taking possession of his identity papers, Pierre decides to go to Tunisia to find out who his friend actually was.

Il a plu sur le grand paysage

Jean-Jacques Andrien

By giving farmers a voice and showing their struggle for survival, this sensitive portrait of farmers shows a contemporary peasant world, revealing its profound culture and interrogating the present state of the world.

Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven

Jean-Jacques Andrien

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Maurice Garrel

When his father dies a young man has the choice to continue the farmwork of his old man who suffered because of the hard labour and all the regulations.

Australia

Jean-Jacques Andrien

Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons

Following a stint as a WWII fighter pilot, Belgian-born Edouard falls in love with an Indonesian woman, has a daughter with her and immigrates to Australia, all without the knowledge of his family back home. Years later, his love has passed away, and he's raising his daughter on his own. When his brother calls seeking help with his failing wool-processing company, Edouard agrees to temporarily return home to aid him.

Mémoires

Jean-Jacques Andrien

Documentary about Voeren, officially a Dutch speaking municipality with language facilities for the French-speaking community and hence a politically highly charged region in the Belgian political context.