Gabriel Laurens is a private detective. When his niece, Jade, asks him to investigate her father’s death, the detective must confronts the ghosts of his past. Gabriel finds himself caught up in a strange investigation mixing pretense, fantasy, and drug trafficking.
Director
Claude Schmitz (born 1979) lives and works in Brussels. He graduated from the National Superior Institute of Performing Arts (INSAS) in the directing section. He is an associate artist at the Liège theater and his shows have been presented several times at the KunstenFESTIVALdesArts as well as at the National Theater, the Palais des Beaux-Arts, the Halles de Schaerbeek, the Théâtre la Balsamine, the Filature Liège, the Salzburger Festspiele, HumainTROPHumain, the CDN of Limoges, the Théâtre de l’Onde, the Art Center, etc.
Currently, he has made three mediumlength films and one Hybrid TV Film. NOTHING BUT SUMMER/RIEN SAUF L’ETE won the European Grand Prize at Brive Festival and CARWASH / BRAQUER POITIERS (2018), won the 2019 Jean Vigo Prize and was selected or prized at the IFFR Rotterdam, FID Marseille, Indielisboa, Valdivia FIC, MOMI New-york, La Plata Film Festival,Champs- Élysées Film Festival, Festival de Clermont-Ferrand, etc. his most recent Hybrid TV film LUCIE LOST HER HORSE won the 2022 BRIFF Grand Prize and was show in competition at IFFR Rotterdam.
THE OTHER LAURENS is his first feature.
Currently, he has made three mediumlength films and one Hybrid TV Film. NOTHING BUT SUMMER/RIEN SAUF L’ETE won the European Grand Prize at Brive Festival and CARWASH / BRAQUER POITIERS (2018), won the 2019 Jean Vigo Prize and was selected or prized at the IFFR Rotterdam, FID Marseille, Indielisboa, Valdivia FIC, MOMI New-york, La Plata Film Festival,Champs- Élysées Film Festival, Festival de Clermont-Ferrand, etc. his most recent Hybrid TV film LUCIE LOST HER HORSE won the 2022 BRIFF Grand Prize and was show in competition at IFFR Rotterdam.
THE OTHER LAURENS is his first feature.
Cast & crew
Cast
Olivier Rabourdin (Benedetta, Taken, Des Hommes et des Dieux)
Louise Leroy
Kate Moran (Kife + Heart, Planetarium)
Marc Barbé (Paris Police 1905 – TV Show)
Producers
Wrong Men (Annette, Zero Fucks Given, Our Men)
Chevaldeuxtrois (Our Men, Baden Baden)
Festivals and awards
- DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT 2023
- FANTASTIC FEST 2023
- SAO PAULO IFF
“Plays out like a neo-noir directed by Aki Kaurismaki or a Belgian Big Lebowski with New Wave aesthetics (…), with theatrical lighting and primary and neon colors, The Other Laurens has the look and feel of highly stylized 1980’s New Wave aesthetics”.
“The film’s cool vibes and stylish visuals, accompanied by an eclectic, mainly electronic soundtrack, are striking. Louise Leroy, making a vivid impact in her screen debut. Dollops of deadpan humour in the Coens’ vein.”
“Its teasing irony and deliberate artificiality have a Lynchian feel.”
