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Loft is a 2008 Belgian erotic mystery film directed by Erik Van Looy and written by Bart De Pauw, starring an ensemble cast of notable Flemish actors.

Loft
Shooting of the film Loft in the casino of Ostend
Directed by	Erik Van Looy
Written by	Bart De Pauw
Produced by	Hilde De Laere
Starring	Jan Decleir Filip Peeters Veerle Baetens Matthias Schoenaerts
Cinematography	Danny Elsen
Edited by	Philippe Ravoet
Music by	Wolfram de Marco
Production company	Woestijnvis
Distributed by	Independent Films
Release date	22 October 2008 (2008-10-22) (Belgium)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Belgium
Language	Dutch
Budget	€3.2 million

Plot

Five married men share ownership of an upmarket loft, which they use to discreetly meet their respective mistresses. When the body of a murdered woman is found in that loft, the men begin to suspect each other of having committed the gruesome crime, as they are the only ones with keys to the premises. Through flashbacks, which are intertwined by scenes from the present, the story is unravelled.

Cast

• Koen De Bouw as Chris Van Outryve
• Filip Peeters as Vincent Stevens
• Matthias Schoenaerts as Filip Willems
• Bruno Vanden Broucke [nl] as Luc Seynaeve
• Koen De Graeve as Marnix Laureys
• Veerle Baetens as Ann Marai
• Tine Reymer [nl] as Barbara Stevens
• An Miller as Ellen Van Outryve
• Charlotte Vandermeersch as Vicky Willems
• Wine Dierickx as Elsie Seynaeve
• Marie Vinck as Sarah Delporte
• Jan Decleir as Ludwig Tyberghein

Production

Portions of the movie were shot in Ostend in January 2008. The building where the loft is situated is in Antwerp, next to the river Scheldt. A teaser trailer was released in May.

Reception

By 19 February 2009, Loft was the most successful Flemish film ever at the box office with at the time 1,082,480 visitors, passing the previous record holder, Stijn Coninx' Koko Flanel.[1]

Remakes

In 2010, a Dutch remake was made and released - directed by Antoinette Beumer, which was also named Loft.

In 2011, Van Looy himself began production on an American remake. The Loft was completed in 2014 and stars Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, Eric Stonestreet and Schoenaerts exceptionally reprising his role from the original film. The Loft was released theatrically on 30 January 2015.

In 2021, Netflix India announced an untitled hindi remake of Loft directed by the director-duo Abbas Mustan, starring Sharman Joshi, Arjun Rampal and Bobby Deol. The film was later titled Penthouse and was shelved.

References

External links

• Loft at IMDb
• Teaser trailer
• Trailer

На других языках

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[de] Loft – Tödliche Affären

Loft – Tödliche Affären ist ein belgischer Film von Erik Van Looy aus dem Jahr 2008, mit einem Ensemble flämischer Schauspieler. Das Drehbuch des Thrillers stammt von Bart De Pauw.

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- [en] Loft (2008 film)

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