Wim Willaert

Wim Willaert
Date of Birth: 19 Mar 1967
Country: Belgium
Total Credits at Criticker: 29 (Actor)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (29)
When the Sea Rises
A sweet and genuinely off-beat comedy about a 45-year-old actress (Moreau) traveling from one small town to another with her one-woman shoe "Dirty Business." (New Yorker Films)
Nowhere Man
A drama about a fortysomething man who entertains fantasies of a different life. Staging his apparent death, he moves to an island but pines for his former existence, and wonders if he could return to it. (imdb)
22nd of May
A bomb explodes in a shopping mall. Sam the security agent tries to save the victims, but at the end he runs off. Later he encounters all the people he saved. They all think that somehow he is responsible for what happened. (imdb)
Offline
After seven years in prison, Rudy Vandekerckhove has set himself two clear objectives: get back to work as a washing machine repairman, and - more importantly - become reconciled with the family he had left behind. But despite the help and support of Denise, a retired hairdresser, and his friend Rachid, his plans fail. (offlinedefilm.be)
HH, Hitler à Hollywood
Actress Maria de Medeiros directs a documentary to pay homage to another actress that she admires, Micheline Presle, whose career started in the early thirties. Evoking the renowned filmmakers with whom she worked, Micheline Presle mentions Luis Aramcheck, a director she worked with in 1939. Maria tries to track the mysterious director without ever imagining that this could in any way endanger her life (en.unifrance.org)
Eigen Kweek
Eigen Kweek (2013) - TV Series
A farmer loses all his money and decides to grow weed to compensate for the losses. (imdb)
Cafard
August, 1914. While Jean Mordant is away winning the title of Wrestling Champion of the World in Buenos Aires, his daughter Mimi is raped by German soldiers in Ostend. Determined to avenge this crime Jean, along with his coach and young nephew, enrolls in the prestigious ACM (Armoured Car Division). War is ruthless, however, and he and his friends embark on a dramatic journey that will ultimately drag them around the world. (flandersimage.com)
Bevergem
Bevergem (2015) - TV Series
Famous stand-up comedian Freddy De Vadder flees to a picturesque village called Bevergem. Why? Nobody knows. He doesn't talk about it. The contrast between him and the grotesque residents could not be bigger. In anticipation of the yearly town festival the temper gets heated. But Freddy doesn't care. He just hopes his hideout is secure. (imdb)
Je suis mort mais j\
Jipé is the leadsinger of a succesful rockband. When his mic crashes he continues to sing, but loses his voice. Therefore he cannot scream when he falls into a ditch and dies.
De Premier
The Belgian prime minister is kidnapped. If he wants to be released, he must murder the American president. (imdb)
Le Ciel Flamand
Together with her mother, Sylvie runs a brothel near the Flemish-French border. Eline, Sylvie's daughter, is intrigued by her mother's peculiar working place. (imdb)
Vihta
Vihta (2018) - Short Film
Serge and his four colleagues work in a small company that has just been brought out by a large corporation. As a welcoming gift, they are invited by their new employer to spend a day of relaxation at a spa. (Clermont-Ferrand)
Kapitalistis
Kapitalistis (2017) - Short Film
"Santa Claus is a capitalist. He brings toys to children of the wealthy and sweaters to those of the poor", says Nikos, aged five. A touching, humourous depiction of a father trying to fight the odds to deliver some real, capitalist joy to his son. (festivalscope)
Grand froid
Acerbic comedy set in a small French town, where Edmond Zweck's funeral business is ailing. One morning, a body finally turns up, and Zweck and his employees Georges and Eddy have some work on their hands. As they set for the graveyard though, this glimmer of hope turns to disaster.
This Magnificent Cake!
An anthology film set in colonial Africa in the late 19th century telling the stories of 5 different characters: a troubled king, a middle-aged Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a failed businessman on an expedition, a lost porter and a young army deserter. (imdb)
Undercover
Undercover (2019) - TV Series
Inspired by real events, undercover agents infiltrate a drug kingpin's operation by posing as a couple at the campground where he spends his weekends.
Peru
Peru (2017) - Short Film
Summoned to a mysterious meeting, Poppy, Vincent, Gaspard, and Adèle find themselves in front of a worn down bar, on the seaside, in Ostende. Rapidly, the four of them discover that they are not here by coincidence.
The Nipple Whisperer
Maurice Sanders has a gift. He's a nipple whisperer. Once he was known as "Magic Sandy". But that was years ago, before Doris, a famous model and Sander's muse, fell ill. Now, after more than a decade, Doris wants to meet Maurice again. (imdb)
Snorrie
Snorrie (2020) - Short Film
Thirty-something Freek is reuniting with his friend from the past, who is looking for closure. (imdb)
The Extraordinary Life of Rocky
Rocky grows up surrounded by death: everyone around him dies in a freak accident and each time he's at the center of it all. A modern tale about a lot of bad luck and a tiny bit of bliss.
The last temptation of the Belgians
This is the story of a father, Jan, a cultural host in a hostile environment, and his daughter Marie, an occasional stripper, who are on the edge of a precipice. She wants to jump and he tries to hold her back. How? By telling him stories, as in the tales of "Arabian nights". As long as he holds her attention, she will not jump. (imdb)
Megalomaniac
Megalomaniac questions the invisible line between victim and executioner and how it is crossed. A film about the weight of patriarchy and the illusion of Manichaeism
Music Hole
Francis, a little accountant officiating in a shady cabaret has marital concerns with his wife. After a violent argument, he wakes up to discover a surprise. It's the macabre and zany starting point of a burlesque thriller. (imdb)
Grenslanders
In a remote border area between the Netherlands and Belgium, a wandering girl is found. Her identity is a great mystery.
Solo Rex
Solo Rex (2014) - Short Film
Erik is a solitary woodcutter. Kevin is the young conductor of the village's cycling brass band. Erik never goes out without his old mare. Kevin is keen on the clarinetist. The clarinetist is crazy about horses. But Erik doesn't know how to give. And Kevin doesn't know how to flirt. They will both need to learn. (imdb)
L\
Bernard is an ordinary man who is moving to a new flat. While he is settling in, he finds a hole in the floor. He soon realises that he is able to spy on the private life of the young woman living downstairs. At first, he resists temptation, but the situation degenerates into obsession and madness.
Les Poings serrés
Lucien, a young boy who lives in seclusion with his mother Cécile and older brother in a village in the Ardennes, carries a heavy secret, shunning contact as much as questions. Yet he grows close to Freddy, the father of Lies, his only friend, and spends his time in Freddy's modest sawmill. But when Lucien's grandmother dies and his father is released from prison to attend the funeral, everything changes.
Nonkels
Nonkels (2022) - TV Series
Three middle-aged brothers' family is turned upside down when an unexpected guest, a refugee from Cameroon, shows up on their doorstep. (imdb)
Une affaire de principe
Brussels, 2012. After the Health Commissioner's abrupt dismissal shrouded in secrecy, MEP José Bové and his team launch an investigation into the matter. (imdb)