Johan Leysen — Actor (17)
The Brand New Testament (2015) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Le Tout Nouveau Testament
6.8 (5 ratings) director: Jaco Van Dormael actor: Pili Groyne / Benoît Poelvoorde
other title: Dio esiste e vive a Bruxelles / Det SpritNye Testamente
God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...
Train of Life (1998) [Movie] TMDB
Train de vie
director: Radu Mihăileanu actor: Lionel Abelanski / Rufus
other title: Train de vie - Un treno per vivere / Train de vie
In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
A Hidden Life (2019) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
A Hidden Life
director: Terrence Malick actor: August Diehl / Valerie Pachner
other title: La vita nascosta - Hidden Life / Uma Vida Escondida
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
Hail Mary (1985) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban
Je vous salue, Marie
director: Jean-Luc Godard actor: Myriem Roussel / Thierry Rode
other title: Eu vos Saúdo, Maria / Maria und Joseph
A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways.
Sister Smile (2009) [Movie] TMDB
Sœur Sourire
director: Stijn Coninx actor: Cécile de France / Sandrine Blancke
other title: Sœur Sourire / Soeur Sourire – Die singende Nonne
A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.
The American (2010) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB WikiData Douban TMDB
The American
director: Anton Corbijn actor: George Clooney / Violante Placido
other title: O Americano / El americano
Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
Despite the Night (2016) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Malgré la nuit
director: Philippe Grandrieux actor: Ariane Labed / Kristian Marr
other title: Malgré la nuit
After returning to Paris, a heartbroken man searching for his missing lover finds solace, and a passionate but troubled love, with a grieving nurse. This unconventional romance unfolds against a backdrop of music and defies expectations, venturing into uncharted emotional territory.
The Abyss (1988) [Movie] TMDB WikiData NeoDB IMDb Douban
L'oeuvre au noir
director: André Delvaux actor: Gian Maria Volonté / Sami Frey
other title: L'opera al nero / L'oeuvre au noir
The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe under an assumed name for twenty years. But he remains a non-conformist. He returns to his native Bruges, where he thinks he has been forgotten. In this silent labyrinth where the faces of the past resurface, he rediscovers his identity and thus signs his death warrant.
Grimm (2003) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Grimm
director: Alex van Warmerdam actor: Halina Reijn / Jacob Derwig
2003 film by Alex van Warmerdam
Priest Daens (1992) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Daens
director: Stijn Coninx actor: Jan Decleir / Gérard Desarthe
other title: Padre Daens / Daens
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
Felice… Felice… (1998) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Felice… Felice…
director: Peter Delpeut actor: Johan Leysen / Toshie Ogura
other title: Felice...Felice... / Felice... Felice...
Tragic love story about the photographer and explorer Felice Beato who travelled back to Japan in 1895 to seek his former wife O-Kiku. On the way he describes in a nostalgic letter to his brother how much he yearns for his lost love O-Kiku and how impotent he feels in an ancient Japan subject to rapid change. The journey takes him to Nagasaki and Moji, Onomichi, Mount Fuji, Yokohama and Tokyo. Places he once visited with his beloved and where he now no longer understands the people. Felice...Felice... is inspired by hand-coloured nineteenth century photos taken by e.g. Felice Beato, Sjimooka Renjo and Baron von Stilfried. In this film, shot entirely in a studio, the photos depict Felice's journey. Awarded the Golden Calf for Best Feature film in 1998. (NFF)
The Johnsons (1992) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
De Johnsons
director: Rudolf van den Berg actor: Monique van de Ven / Esmée de la Bretonière
other title: Das Zeichen / De Johnsons
According to an ancient Indian tale a giant monster embryo residing in a crystal vase is predetermined to fertilize a blue-eyed woman. She will give birth to something evil to unleash horror and destruction upon human kind. Ugly septuplet brothers reproduced within the framework of mysterious genetic experiments terrorize a young innocent girl who seems to be chosen for the sinister predestination.