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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
The Wall
1998 1h 7m FR
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7.7
BANGER
★7.7TMDB · 7
Comedy
Synopsis
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This is a surrealistic film about a local small town 'hot chips' owner who finds his store cut in half by a newly erected wall in Belgium that is meant to separate the Flemish speakers from the Walloons (French Speakers) . Unfortunately for Albert, he finds himself on the wrong side of the wall after a long night of new millennium partying and the beginning of a love affair with a gorgeous Flemish girl.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Daniel Hanssens
Albert
Pascale Bal
Wendy
Mil Seghers
Marcel
Michaël Pas
Stijn
Damien Gillard
Didier
Harry Cleven
le gréviste
Laurence Bibot
la journaliste
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Alain Berliner
- Languages
- Dutch, French
- Countries
- Belgium, France
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Alain Berliner directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Belgium, France. Dialogue in Dutch, French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Dutch, French.
- 4International production across 2 countries: Belgium, France.
- 5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 6Daniel Hanssens and Pascale Bal and Mil Seghers carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt0190874 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 67 min · 1h 7m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
- IMDB
- The Wall (1998)
Also by
Alain Berliner
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1998-12-18
- TV1998-12-18· Arte
