Movies: Boris Lehman

In July and August Lehman filmed 150 individuals in and around Brussels, and he himself was filmed by the same persons. Like in a kaleidoscope relatives as well as friends and strangers pass the eye of the camera. Album 1 is a silent film shot in su...

Histoire de mes cheveux ended with a shot where I found myself locked in a concentration camp. I had said shortly before that I was glad I finally arrived home. A song of hope, however, echoed with a fantasized happy ending (Hollywood kiss) and a son...

"This filme is the 'last' episode of my auto-cine-biographic work Babel, which covers more that thirty years of mu life and it started in 1983 with 'Letter to My Friends who stayed in Belgium'. It can be considered my living will." Boris Lehman...

Set in the historic site of Brussels' béguinage, this film provides a detailed portrait of the neighborhood's residents. Comprised of about 30 interconnected chapters, it unfolds over the course of a single day, from dawn to dusk, with each segment b...

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Shot with direct sound, Villofolie presents six people giving a monologue in a destroyed and dehumanized city: Brussels. The film dissects itself to reflect on mental illness and the inability to communicate. The group of people portrayed share feeli...

With a keen awareness of his mentally ill condition, René Paquot denounces all powers, and especially the practices of psychiatric hospitals, which he compares to those used in slaughterhouses: submission through medication, straitjackets, and exterm...