Falsch

Just before twilight, a four-engine plane lands on the runway of a country airport. The plane comes to a halt. A single passenger disembarks: Joe, the last survivor of a Jewish family, the Falsches. He has an appointment with them all tonight, forty years after leaving Berlin for New York in 1938. They are all waiting for him in the arrival lounge of the airport. A night of encounters, of celebrations beyond life and death; a meeting which will soon turn into a family psychodrama.Thirteen people will confront each other about their links to Germany, their life in exile, the presence of Lilli among the Falsches; the cries of anguish in the face of death in the camps, incomprehensible to those who went into exile, the Berlin of today, where nobody remembers the Falsches – not even Joe, who would prefer to forget, and never see them again.
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Script: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, based on the play by Rene Kalisky
Cinematography: Walther Vanden Ende
Editing: Denise Vindevogel
Sound: Dominique Warnier
Music: Jean-Marie Billy, Jan Franssen
Actors: Bruno Cremer (Joe), Jacqueline Bollen (Lilli), Nicole Colchat (Mina), Christian Crahay (Gustav), Millie Dardenne (Bela)
Production: Derives Productions
Co-production: RTBF, Arcanal, Theatre de la Place, Loterie Nationale
Costumes: Colette Huchard
Production Design: Genevieve Robillard
Sets: Wim Vermeylen
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: Belgium-France
Production Year: 1986
Duration: 82
Contact: Les Films du Fleuve, BelgiumT. +32 4349 5690 F. +32 4349 5696desk@lesfilmsdufleuve.be

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Luc Dardenne

Jean-Pierre Dardenne was born in Engis, Belgium in April 1951. Luc Dardenne was born in Awirs, Belgium in March 1954. In 1975, they founded the production company Derives which has since produced some sixty documentaries, including their own. They first came to international attention in the mid-1990s with The Promise. They won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d’Or at the 1999 Cannes IFF. All their films since have played at the Cannes main competition and won one of the major prizes. In 1994, they founded the production company "Les Films du Fleuve".

Filmography

1978 The Song of the Nightingale/Le chant du rossignol (doc.)
1979 When Leon M.’s Boat Sailed down the Meuse for the First Time/Lorsque le bateau de Leon M. descendit la Meuse pour la premiere fois (doc.)
1980 For theWar to End, theWalls Had to Fall/Pour que la guerre s’acheve, les murs devaient s’ecrouler (doc.)
1981 R…doesn’t Answer Anymore/R…ne repond plus (doc.)
1982 Lessons of a Flying University/Lecons d’une universite volante (doc.)
1983 Look at Jonathan. Jonathan receives a “lesson” /Regard Jonathan/Jean Louvet, son oeuvre (doc.)
1986 Falsch
1987 TheWorld’s Racing/Il Court, il court le monde (short)
1992 You’re on My Mind/Je Pense a vous
1996 The Promise /La Promesse
1999 Rosetta
2002 The Son /Le Fils
2005 The Child /L’Enfant
2007 Darkness /Dans l’Obscurite (short)
2008 Lorna’s Silence/Le Silence de Lorna