The Benefit of the Doubt

2017 Belgian film
  • 3 October 2017 (2017-10-03) (Namur)
  • 7 March 2018 (2018-03-07)
Running time
90 minutesCountriesBelgium
France
SwitzerlandLanguageFrench

The Benefit of the Doubt (French: Une Part d'ombre) is a 2017 Belgian thriller film directed and written by Samuel Tilman in his directorial debut. The film had its world premiere at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur on 3 October 2017.[1] It received seven nominations at the 9th Magritte Awards, including Best First Feature Film and Best Actress for Natacha Régnier.[2]

Cast

  • Fabrizio Rongione as David
  • Natacha Régnier as Julie
  • Baptiste Lalieu as Noël
  • Myriem Akheddiou as Cathy
  • Christophe Paou as Marco
  • Yoann Blanc as Fabian
  • Steve Driesen as Simon
  • Erika Sainte as Maud
  • Naïma Ostrowski as Jeanne
  • Gilles Remiche as Vendeur

Accolades

Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
Beaune International Film Festival[3] Special Jury Prize Won
Magritte Awards[2] Best First Feature Film Nominated
Best Actress Natacha Régnier Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Yoann Blanc Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Erika Sainte Nominated
Most Promising Actor Baptiste Lalieu Nominated
Most Promising Actress Myriem Akheddiou Nominated
Best Original Score Vincent Liben Nominated

References

  1. ^ Engelen, Aurore (15 September 2017). "The 32nd Namur Film Festival prepares to kick off". Cineuropa. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b Heyrendt, Hubert (11 January 2019). "Les nommés aux Magritte 2019 sont connus". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. ^ Odicino, Guillemette (10 April 2018). "Festival du film policier de Beaune : du coup d'essai au coup de maître". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2019.

External links

  • The Benefit of the Doubt at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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