Loft (2008 film)
Loft | |
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Directed by | Erik Van Looy |
Written by | Bart De Pauw |
Produced by | Hilde De Laere |
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Cinematography | Danny Elsen |
Edited by | Philippe Ravoet |
Music by | Wolfram de Marco |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Independent Films |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | Belgium |
Language | Dutch |
Budget | €3.2 million |
Loft is a 2008 Belgian
Plot
Five married men share ownership of an upmarket
Cast
- Koen De Bouw as Chris Van Outryve
- Filip Peeters as Vincent Stevens
- Matthias Schoenaerts as Filip Willems
- Bruno Vanden Broucke as Luc Seynaeve
- Koen De Graeve as Marnix Laureys
- Veerle Baetens as Ann Marai
- Tine Reymer as Barbara Stevens
- An Miller as Ellen Van Outryve
- Charlotte Vandermeersch as Vicky Willems
- Wine Dierickx as Elsie Seynaeve
- Marie Vinck as Sarah Delporte
- Jan Decleir as Ludwig Tyberghein
Production
Portions of the film were shot in Ostend in January 2008. The building where the loft is situated is in Antwerp, next to the river Scheldt. A teaser trailer was released in May 2008.
Reception
By 19 February 2009, Loft was the most successful Flemish film ever at the box office with at the time 1,082,480 admissions, passing the previous record holder, Koko Flanel (1990).[1]
Remakes
A Dutch remake of the same name was released in 2010, directed by Antoinette Beumer.
In 2011, Van Looy himself began production on a Belgian-American remake.
In 2021,
. The film, later titled Penthouse, was ultimately shelved.References
- ^ "'Loft' breekt record van 'Koko Flanel'". De Standaard (in Dutch). 19 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
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