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Maedeli la breche

When Mathieu is left with a friend in the country, he teams up with Maedeli, who is a tomboy.

  • Belgium
  • 1980, 18 min
  • Director: Jaco Van Dormael
  • Screenplay: Jaco Van Dormael
  • Music: Pierre van Dormael
  • Cast: Nico D’Oreye, Julie Dubard
  • Contacts: INSAS
  • Production: INSAS


Jaco Van Dormael

Jaco Van Dormael (1957, Belgium) studied at the Belgian INSAS and Parisian ENS Louis Lumiere. He attracted attention in the 1980’s with several award-winning short films – the very first one, Maedeli-la-brèche (1980), got him a student Oscar. His feature debut, Toto le héros, won the Golden Camera at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. He returned to Cannes five years later with Le huitième jour (1996). Mr Nobody (2010) is his third feature film.