Someone Else's Happiness
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Someone Else's Happiness is a 2005
Belgian-Dutch
film
directed and written by Fien Troch
. The movie was the Belgian entry for the Academy Awards 2006
in the category Best Foreign Language Film
but failed to receive the actual nomination.
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
Belgian-Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed and written by Fien Troch
Fien Troch
Fien Troch is a Belgian left field film director, producer and screenwriter. After graduating from the Sint-Lukas art academy in Brussels in 2000, she achieved several nominations and awards in her chosen career....
. The movie was the Belgian entry for the Academy Awards 2006
79th Academy Awards
The 79th Academy Awards ceremony , honored the best films of 2006 and took place on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on ABC. Ellen DeGeneres hosted the ceremony for the first time. The producer was Laura Ziskin. The announcers were Don LaFontaine and Gina Tuttle.The nominees were...
in the category Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
but failed to receive the actual nomination.
Cast
- Ina Geerts as Christine
- Johanna ter SteegeJohanna ter SteegeJohanna ter Steege is a Dutch actress.She won the European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her movie debut in The Vanishing...
as Ann - Johan Leysen as Francis
- Natali Broods as Gerda
- Elmo Mistlaen as Sam
- Peter Van den Begin as Mark
- Josse De PauwJosse De PauwJosse De Pauw , is a versatile Belgian actor, film director, dramatist, author and columnist. He is married to modern dance performer Fumio Ikeda.-Theatre:...
as Inspecteur
Awards and nominations
- Joseph Plateau Awards:
- Best Belgian Director (Fien Troch, nominated)
- Best Belgian Film (nominated)
- Best Belgian Screenplay (Fien Troch, nominated)
- Thessaloniki Film Festival:
- Best Actress (Ina Geerts, won)
- Best Screenplay (Fien Troch, won)
- Golden Alexander (Fien Troch, won)
- Special Mention (Natali Broods for the acting)