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Reflet dans un diamant mort

Hélène CATTET | Bruno FORZANI
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Crime & Thriller 2025 86 min Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg
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Synopsis

An audacious new gem from the decadent Belgian duo Cattet & Forzani

J ohn D, a septuagenarian living in a luxury hotel on the French Riviera, is intrigued by a neighbor who reminds him of the wild days of the Riviera in the 1960s. Back then, he was a spy in a rapidly expanding world full of promise. Yet when the neighbor mysteriously disappears, John is forced to confront his demons. Are his old adversaries back to wreak havoc in his idyllic world?

Set within a highly referential universe, this film reinvents the spy thriller by spanning two eras to explore a life of once vivid yet now faded fantasies. With relentless inventiveness, Cattet and Forzani have created a swift and frenetic film where death assumes the most exquisite of veils.

Cast/Avec

  • Fabio Testi
  • Yannick Renier
  • Koen De Bouw…

Screenplay

  • Hélène CATTET
  • Bruno FORZANI

Cinematographer

  • Manu Dacosse

Sound

  • Céline Bodson

Production

  • Kozak Films Coproduction : Les Films Fauves
  • Tobina Film
  • Dandy Projects
  • Savage Film
  • To Be Continued

Screenings

Friday 07 March 2025 18:30
Talent présent  •  
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : French, Italian
Subtitles : English
Screening : Public Screening
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Saturday 08 March 2025 21:00
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Lieux : Cinémathèque
Audio : French, Italian
Subtitles : English
Screening : Public Screening
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Saturday 15 March 2025 10:30
Talent présent  •  
Lieux : Cinémathèque
Audio : French, Italian
Subtitles : English
Screening : Public Screening
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Hélène CATTET

Hélène CATTET
Hélène CATTET

Hélène Cattet, born in 1976 in Paris, and Bruno Forzani, born the same year in Menton, met in Brussels in 1997. After creating several short films, they directed Amer in 2009, a postmodern homage to the giallo genre that garnered international acclaim. This was followed by The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears in 2013, presented at Locarno, and Let the Corpses Tan in 2017. Since 2004, Bruno Forzani has also served as the Francophone programmer and presenter for “Cinema Bis” screenings at the Brussels Film Museum.

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Filmography

  • Reflet dans un diamant mort 2024
  • Laissez bronzer les cadavres 2017
  • L’Étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps 2013
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Bruno FORZANI

Bruno FORZANI
Bruno FORZANI

Hélène Cattet, born in 1976 in Paris, and Bruno Forzani, born the same year in Menton, met in Brussels in 1997. After creating several short films, they directed Amer in 2009, a postmodern homage to the giallo genre that garnered international acclaim. This was followed by The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears in 2013, presented at Locarno, and Let the Corpses Tan in 2017. Since 2004, Bruno Forzani has also served as the Francophone programmer and presenter for “Cinema Bis” screenings at the Brussels Film Museum.

More about the director

Filmography

  • Reflet dans un diamant mort 2024
  • Laissez bronzer les cadavres 2017
  • L’Étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps 2013
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