Het Geluk
One evening, 38-year-old Frank returns to his quiet residential house where his family has organised a surprise birthday party. Everybody is present: his wife, two children, brother, sister-in-law, his father … even the babysitter. They toast, his favourite meal is served and a birthday cake provided. But, amid the celebration, there are hints that things aren't really what they seem to be …
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Jan Van DyckDirectorUntil it hits you (2009)
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Jan Van DyckWriterUntil it hits you (2009)
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Peter De MaegdProducer
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Stijn Van OpstalKey Cast
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Joke De BruynKey Cast
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Kes BakkerKey Cast
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Adriana BakkerKey Cast
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Robby CleirenKey Cast
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Iris Van CauwenberghKey Cast
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François BeukelaersKey Cast
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Indra De BruynKey Cast
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Ben VandendaeleFestival promotion / sales agent / DirstributorSiemiany (2009), The Letter (2011), Subaru (2013), De weg van alle vlees (2013), De Smet (2014), In de naam van de kater (2014), ALLER - RETOUR (2014), August (2014), Het Geluk (2015) , Figura (2015)
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:14 minutes 59 seconds
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Completion Date:July 22, 2015
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Country of Origin:Belgium
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Country of Filming:Belgium
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Language:Dutch
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Shooting Format:RED
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Aspect Ratio:2:35
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Jan Van Dyck (april 16th 1971) is a freelance scriptwriter, director and script doctor. He has many years of experience in theatre. In 2010, he made a shift towards television and film. As a writer and director, Jan made the short films Until it hits you (2013) and Homeful Bliss (2015). Currently, he is preparing his film De Gloed. Furthermore, he was co-writer on the television series Red Star Line (Frank Van Passel) and script-doctor for the television series Den 11e van den 11e (Tom Van Dyck/Alice Reijs). Jan teaches at the film department of Sint-Lukas (Brussels) and the drama department of the Lemmens Institute (Leuven) (both LUCA ARTS).
I wanted to make a film about how very common things like a birthday party, having a family around, having a nice house and kids can be the object of desire, of longing and of missing. A film that makes us look differently at almost archetypical things: making love, secretly being unfaithful, comforting a child when it has to go to sleep … How all those very ordinary things can become uncanny. How happiness can become strange and even rare. Homeful Bliss is a film about perception of ordinary reality and the want, or even desire, for this commonness.