The Boat Race (film)

The Boat Race
Directed by	Bernard Bellefroid
Produced by	Patrick Quinet Claude Waringo
Written by	Bernard Bellefroid David Lambert
Starring	Joffrey Verbruggen Thierry Hancisse Sergi López
Music by	Claudine Muno and The Luna Boots
Cinematography	Alain Marcoen
Edited by	Yannick Leroy
Release dates	October 9, 2009 (2009-10-09) (FIFF) February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17) (France)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Belgium Luxembourg France
Language	French

The Boat Race (French: La Régate) is a 2009 drama film directed by Bernard Bellefroid. The film follows Alexandre, a 15-year-old guy, who lives alone with his dad, enduring relentless physical violence. To escape from his daily life, Alex rows on the Meuse river, and has only one obsession: to win the Belgian Singles Championships.

The film received four nominations at the 1st Magritte Awards and won Most Promising Actor for Joffrey Verbruggen.^[1]

References

↑ "Les Magritte du cinema 2011: le palmarès" (in French). Académie André Delvaux. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

External links

The Boat Race at the Internet Movie Database

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