Frédéric Fonteyne

Uccle, Belgium

 

Director
Fonteyne (1968) is a Belgium director who studied directing at the IAD (Institut des Arts de Diffusion). His first films include the short films Bon anniversaire, Sergent Bob; Les Vloems (1989), Bob, le déplorable (1993) and Modesty which were part of the omnibus Les sept péchés capitaux (1992). He made his feature film debut with Max et Bobo (1998), Une liaison pornographique (1999) and the award winning La femme de Gilles (Gilles\'s Wife, 2004).

Filmography


Films by this director

Gilles' Wife

(La femme de Gilles, 2004)

Directed by: Frédéric Fonteyne
PHOTOGRAPHY: Virginie Saint-Martin
Synopsis:

Elisa spends days worrying about her children and the household and waiting for her husband, Gilles, who works in a metal foundry, to come home. It seems that their marriage is a happy one. However, Gilles’s night visit to a local bar makes pregnant Elisa suspicious. Is Gilles having an affair with Victorine, her sister?

color, 103 minute

Tango libre

(Belgium, 2012)

Directed by: Frédéric Fonteyne
PHOTOGRAPHY: Virginie Saint-Martin
Synopsis:

Zatvorski čuvar JC čovjek je bez prošlosti. Jedino mu je zadovoljstvo pohađanje tečaja tanga jednom tjedno. Na jednom satu upoznaje novu polaznicu Alice. Sutradan je s iznenađenjem susreće u predvorju zatvora gdje posjećuje dva zatvorenika: prvi je njezin muž, a drugi ljubavnik… Jako ga privuče ta slobodna žena koja ne poštuje nikakva pravila, te zbog nje prekrši sva načela koja su do tad upravljala njegovim životom…

color, 98 min
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