Lucas Belvaux

Lucas Belvaux (b. 1961, Namur, Belgium), actor, screenwriter, film and television director. As an actor he has appeared in more than forty film and television roles, for example in the films Allons z'enfants (1981, dir. Y. Boisset), The Death of Mario Ricci (La Mort de Mario Ricci, 1983, dir. C. Goretta), Wuthering Heights, (Hurlevent, dir. J. Rivette), Disorder (Désordre, 1986, dir. O. Assayas), Madame Bovary (1991, dir. C. Charbol), and in his own trilogy On the Run (Cavale, 2002) – An Amazing Couple (Un couple épatant, 2002) – After the Life (Apres la vie, 2002). Belvaux made his debut as a director in 1992 with the film Sometimes Too Much Love (Parfois trop d'amour), and his second film, Just for a Laugh (Pour rire!, 1996), screened a year later at Karlovy Vary, won an award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in 1996.

MFF Karlovy Vary