Peter Van Den Begin Movies

A loser experiences the fulfillment of his wildest fantasies when a dramatic personality shift overtakes him in Dirty Mind, Belgian director Pieter Van Hees's (Linkeroever) contemporary Jekyll and Hyde fable. For years, Diego (Wim Helsen) has felt worthless as a human being, saddled with a palpable sense of inferiority to his popular, outgoing brother. A klutz and a perpetual reject with women, he spends his days trailing the sibling, a stuntman on movie sets. But life changes when Diego receives a violent whonk on the head, and regains consciousness as Tony T. - a self-assured freewheeler who never hesitates with women and takes a free rein in social situations. The trouble is, Tony experiences some serious impulse control issues thanks to a frontal lobe injury - issues that drop him into boiling hot water time and again and ultimately threaten to ruin the young man's life. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

A handful of people living in a Belgian suburb react in a variety of ways to news of a tragic accident in this multilayered drama. One evening, Francis (Johan Leysen) returns home from a long day at the office with a large dent on the front of his car and a clearly unsettled frame of mind, both of which are noted by his wife Ann (Johanna ter Steege). A few hours later, the body of a young boy is fund by the side of a nearby road by Christine (Ina Geerts), Francis and Ann's next door neighbor. The police are called, but by the time officer Mark (Peter Van den Begin) shows up, the child's body has gone missing, sending Christine into a panic, a situation made worse by a phone call from her ex-husband Fred (Robby Cleiren), who is deeply depressed and contemplating suicide. As the night wears on, Mark learns that one of his sons is missing, and may be the boy who Christine found earlier, but while his wife Gerda (Natali Broods) works as a cleaning woman for Christine, she finds it impossible to tell Gerda what she's seen, or about Francis's possible involvement. Meanwhile, Johnny the Flow (Jan Decleir), a washed-up fighter who lives in the neighborhood, had heard about the dead child and is certain he knows who is responsible -- Njord (Franck Chartier), a drifter with a history of mental illness. Een Ander Zijn Geluk (aka Someone Else's Happiness) was the first feature film from director Fein Troch. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Former radio reporter/photographer/TV director Julien Vrebos made his feature directorial debut with this Belgian-Dutch-German thriller inspired by the unsolved murder of 34 people by the Nivelles Gang during the '80s. The convoluted plot begins when the assassination of diplomat and double-agent Toussaint is investigated by policewoman Eva Siccard (Alexandra Vandernoot). She gets an assist from Flemish cop Peter Daerden (Peter van den Begin). Peter's girlfriend Kristl (Pascale Bal) dances at a club frequented by the wealthy Baron d'Aulne (Raymond Gerome), who sends terrorist Sophie (Natacha Amal) out on attacks in shopping malls. As it becomes clear that Toussaint was killed by Sophie, Peter's life is in danger. Shown at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi