Pas son genre

Lucas Belvaux was born in 1961 in Belgium (Namur). In 1979, he moved to Paris to become an actor. One year later, he played the lead role in Yves Boisset’s film Allons Z’enfants, which launched his acting career. In the following ten years, he will be given the opportunity to work with Jacques Rivette (Hurlevent), Claude Chabrol (Le Poulet au Vinaigre, Madame Bovary), Claude Goretta (La Mort de Mario Ricci), Olivier Assayas (Désordre), Marco Ferreri (Le Banquet), among others. In 1991, he directed his first feature film, Parfois Trop d’Amour, but recognition as a filmmaker only comes five years later with the movie Pour Rire!. In 2003, he directed Un Couple Épatant, Cavale, Après la Vie, a trilogy that won the Louis Delluc Prize. In 2006, La Raison du Plus Faible, with Natacha Régnier and Éric Caravaca, represented Belgium at the Cannes Film Festival. Rapt, 38 Témoins and Pas son Genre followed, with Émilie Dequenne and Loïc Corbery, which won 3 Magritte. His latest film, Chez Nous, with Emilie Dequenne, André Dussollier and Guillaume Gouix was released in February 2017. He has also directed 4 films for the television.