Just Friends (1993 film)

Just Friends is a 1993 Belgian-Dutch film. It was directed and produced by Marc-Henri Wajnberg, written by Pierre Sterckx and Alexandre Wajnberg, and starred Josse De Pauw, Ann-Gisel Glass, Charles Berling, and Sylvie Milhaud. Set in Antwerp, Just Friends is about the jazz scene in the 1950s.

Just Friends
Directed byMarc-Henri Wajnberg
Written byPierre Sterckx
Alexandre Wajnberg
Produced byMarc-Henri Wajnberg
StarringJosse De Pauw
Ann-Gisel Glass
Charles Berling
Sylvie Milhaud
CinematographyRémon Fromont
Edited byLudo Troch
Music byMichel Herr
Archie Shepp
Release date
  • 2 February 1994 (1994-02-02)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesBelgium
Netherlands
LanguagesFrench
Dutch
Box office$45.000[1]

The film received the André Cavens Award and won three Joseph Plateau Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Wajnberg.[2][3] It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards.[4]

The music was written and supervised by Michel Herr and featured saxophonist Archie Shepp.

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References edit

  1. ^ "Just Friends (1993) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "Le Prix Cavens à "Just Friends"". Le Soir (in French). December 23, 1993. p. 12. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "Just Friends" (in French). Wajnbrosse Productions. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "Just Friends, the movie". Michel Herr. Archived from the original on January 4, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2014.

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