BOULI LANNERS

NOBODY HAS TO KNOW (2022)
Starring Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners, Cal MacAninch, Clovis Cornillac, Julian Glover and Andrew Still. Directed by Bouli Lanners and Tim Mielants.

A case of amnesia rewrites the past in this powerful love story set on the picturesque Scottish Isle of Lewis. Phil (Lanners), a middle-aged farmhand working on a remote Scottish island suffers amnesia following a stroke. A lonely local woman, Millie helps him acclimate back to his life and claims they were once in a relationship before his accident. This is a fragile lie that Millie must protect to keep their burgeoning romance alive, but at what cost?

HEAL THE LIVING (2017)
Starring Anne Dorval, Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Kool Shen, Alice Taglioni, Bouli Lanners, Dominique Blanc, Monia Chokri, Finnegan Oldfield and Alice De Lencquesaing. Directed by Katell Quillévéré.

One family’s tragedy becomes the chance for another family’s miracle as the lives of Simon and Claire are brought together by the possibility of an organ transplant.

REVIEWS Heal the Living - A stunningly compassionate tear-jerker

LOVE SONGS FOR TOUGH GUYS
Starring François Damiens, Ramzy Bedia, Vanessa Paradis, Gustave Kervern, Joeystarr, Valeria Bruni‑tedeschi, Vincent MacAigne, Jules Benchetrit, Bouli Lanners and Bruno Podalydès. Directed by Samuel Benchetrit.

In the port city of Dunkirk, weary crime boss Jeff has a big problem: young punks are muscling in on his turf. But Jeff is distracted: he’s fallen for Roxane, a supermarket cashier he adores from afar. Taking a leaf from the Cyrano playbook, he tries to win her heart by writing love poems, but doesn’t have the courage to deliver them. Two other clueless associates try all sorts of arm-twisting to convince some high school kids to come to Je7’s daughter’s 18th birthday party.

Meanwhile, Jeff’s grizzled and near-mute enforcer is sent to shake down local suburban widow Suzanne, who is preparing to portray Simone de Beauvoir in the community theatre’s annual musical, but instead finds himself drawn into the actual production.

AGAINST THE WIND
Starring Benoit Magimel - Paul, Isabelle CarrÉ, Bouli Lanners and Audrey Tautou - Sarah. Directed by Jalil Lespert.

One morning, Sarah (Audrey Tautou) vanishes, leaving her husband Paul (Little White Lies’ Benoit Magimel) and their young son and daughter reeling, without a word as to her whereabouts or a clue about when she will return. As time passes, Paul anxiously but tenderly tries to sustain some sense of normalcy and after a year, in an attempt to start over, he reluctantly returns to his coastal home town. There, he takes a job as a driving instructor, reunites with his estranged brother and befriends a local police officer (Isabelle Carré). But still he dreams of Sarah, refusing to let go.

NOBODY HAS TO KNOW (2022)
Starring Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners, Cal MacAninch, Clovis Cornillac, Julian Glover and Andrew Still. Directed by Bouli Lanners and Tim Mielants.

A case of amnesia rewrites the past in this powerful love story set on the picturesque Scottish Isle of Lewis. Phil (Lanners), a middle-aged farmhand working on a remote Scottish island suffers amnesia following a stroke. A lonely local woman, Millie helps him acclimate back to his life and claims they were once in a relationship before his accident. This is a fragile lie that Millie must protect to keep their burgeoning romance alive, but at what cost?

THE GIANTS (2012)
Starring Zacharie Chasseriaud, Martin Nissen, Paul Bartel and Marthe Keller. Directed by Bouli Lanners.

Brothers Seth (16) and Zac (“13 and three quarters”) have again been left to fend for themselves by their neglectful single mother at the family’s cottage in the verdant and isolated Luxembourg countryside. Just like every holiday before, they’ve resigned themselves to another mundane summer, but things shift dramatically after they strike up a friendship with local kid Danny, and the most perilous – and greatest – journey of their lives begins. Together, as the boys scavenge for food, steal their grandfather’s car and pursue harebrained schemes to make money, they find their bravado repeatedly punctured by the rigours of an adult world they cannot comprehend.

NOBODY HAS TO KNOW (2022)
Starring Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners, Cal MacAninch, Clovis Cornillac, Julian Glover and Andrew Still. Directed by Bouli Lanners and Tim Mielants.

A case of amnesia rewrites the past in this powerful love story set on the picturesque Scottish Isle of Lewis. Phil (Lanners), a middle-aged farmhand working on a remote Scottish island suffers amnesia following a stroke. A lonely local woman, Millie helps him acclimate back to his life and claims they were once in a relationship before his accident. This is a fragile lie that Millie must protect to keep their burgeoning romance alive, but at what cost?

THE GIANTS (2012)
Starring Zacharie Chasseriaud, Martin Nissen, Paul Bartel and Marthe Keller. Directed by Bouli Lanners.

Brothers Seth (16) and Zac (“13 and three quarters”) have again been left to fend for themselves by their neglectful single mother at the family’s cottage in the verdant and isolated Luxembourg countryside. Just like every holiday before, they’ve resigned themselves to another mundane summer, but things shift dramatically after they strike up a friendship with local kid Danny, and the most perilous – and greatest – journey of their lives begins. Together, as the boys scavenge for food, steal their grandfather’s car and pursue harebrained schemes to make money, they find their bravado repeatedly punctured by the rigours of an adult world they cannot comprehend.