4 Movies Directed by Vincent Bal

The Bloody Olive

The Bloody Olive

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-04-01

Languages:

Dutch

Countries:

Belgium

Runtime:

12 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (430 Reviews)

Director:

Vincent Bal

Cast:

Writer:

Vincent Bal

Lewis Trondheim (novel)

Fullplot:

Mylene and Werner are going to make their flat up for Christmas. Then Sam comes with a bottle of Veuve Cliqot. Sam tells Werner that he knows Werner has stolen money at work. Werner murders Sam. Soon afterwards, Sam is alive again and it looks as if somebody else would have to die. Who's fooling who?

Man of Steel

Man of Steel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-13

Languages:

Dutch

Countries:

Belgium

Runtime:

85 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (110 Reviews)

Director:

Vincent Bal

Fullplot:

A romantic and funny coming-of-age story. Victor, a 13-year-old boy, is desperately looking for his First Kiss. When that First Kiss comes too close, Victor seeks refuge in his imagination, becoming the Man of Steel who has no emotions, because tears will make him rust. But no Man of Steel can resist Fania, a 13-year-old girl, for very long.

Miss Minoes

Miss Minoes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-12-06

Languages:

Dutch

Countries:

Netherlands

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(3397 Reviews)

Director:

Vincent Bal

Cast:

Writer:

Annie M.G. Schmidt (novel)

Tamara Bos (screenplay)

Burny Bos (screenplay)

Vincent Bal (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A cat who turns into a young woman (Minoes) retains some of her feline characteristics and helps a journalist to gather news for the front page of a local newspaper. With the help of Minoes, who can talk to the cats in the small town, he soon discovers that the helpful and popular chairman of the "Club For Friends of Animals" and boss of a nearby factory has evil plans with the village.

The Zigzag Kid

The Zigzag Kid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-10-03

Languages:

English, Dutch, French

Countries:

Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Spain, France

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (287 Reviews)

Director:

Vincent Bal

Cast:

Writer:

David Grossman (novel)

Vincent Bal (scenario)

Jon Gilbert (scenario)

Fullplot:

Nono wants to be like his father - the best police inspector in the world - but he constantly gets in trouble. Two days before his Bar Mitzvah, he is sent away to his uncle Sjmoel, who is supposed to get him back on track. However, during the train ride Nono gets one last chance to prove himself... Together with master-burglar Felix Glick - an old acquaintance of his father - he stops the train and enters a world of disguises, chases, French chansons and Zohara, a mysterious woman whose secrets will change Nono's life forever.

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