Belgian Club Vientiane

Absurd Movie Month
In June, let’s embrace the absurd with five international comedies.
02/06: Le Dîner de Cons (France, 1998)
09/06: 극한직업 ("Extreme Job" South Korea, 2019)
16/06: Hot Fuzz (UK, 2007)
23/06: The Death of Stalin (UK / France, 2017)
30/06: Black Cat, White Cat (Serbia, 1998)

In May, let’s have a walk with those who stand slightly apart.
Misfits Movie Month
05/05: Temporada de patos (Mexico, 2004)
12/05: 김씨 표류기 (Castaway on the Moon (South Korea, 2009))
19/05: Gifted (USA, 2017)
26/05: En man som heter Ove (Sweden, 2015)

It’s time to celebrate Lao New Year! The Belgian Club Vientiane will be closed from April 14th to April 16th as we join in the Pi Mai festivities. Open on the 17th for a good squash game or a refreshing Belgian beer.

Just a quick note: no movie night on Tuesday the 14th, we’ll be back soon with more great screenings!

Enjoy the celebrations with your loving ones, the water, the smiles, and the fresh new beginnings.

Sokdee Pi Mai!

In April, let's question Justice and explore the thin line between what is legal and what feels right.
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07/04: Les Ripoux (France, 1984)
14/04: CLOSED
21/04: Jagten (Denmark, 2012)
28/04: Serpico (USA, 1973)

In March, let’s explore different paths taken by brave women across space and time, between home and exile, love and solitude, survival and the search for freedom.
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03/03: 海街 diary (2015, Japan)
10/03: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019, France)
17/03: Sameblod (2016, Sweden)
24/03: Nomadland (2020, USA)
31/03: A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão (2019, Brazil)

In February, let's raise our glass to cinema, not to celebrate drinking, but to explore addiction and contradiction, excess and escape.
03/02: De helaasheid der dingen (Belgium, 2009)
10/02: Druk (Denmark, 2020)
17/02: The Angels' share (UK, 2012)
24/02: Un singe en hiver (France, 1962)

In January, let's explore what exists in the fragile space between two people: words unsaid, gestures unfinished and emotions we hesitate to name...
Between Us Movie Month
06/01: In the Mood for Love (Hong Kong, 2000)
13/01: Before Sunrise (USA, 1995)
20/01: Como Agua para Chocolate (Mexico, 1992)
27/01: The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium, 2012)

It is getting cold. Let's make December sunny. Four movies that will take us to the sand, to the water's edge, where destinies cross, change, or are revealed.
09/12: ソナチネ (Japan, 1993)
16/12: Whale Rider (New Zealand, 2002)
23/12: The Beach (obviously) (UK/US, 2000)
30/12: Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto (Italy, 1974)
Playa Movie Month
December - Every Tuesday - 7.30PM

This Tuesday, December 2nd, the Belgian Club Vientiane will be closed as we join the nation in celebrating 50 years of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
Wishing everyone a joyful and peaceful National Day!
ສຸກສັນວັນຊາດ!

In November, we will explore LIFE: fragile, strange, and deeply human. Three stories, three continents, three encounters where worlds collide:
(04/11) Between two lonely souls, in เรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาล (Last Life in the Universe) (Thailand/Japan, 2003)
(11/11) Between families entangled by fate, in 21 Grams (Mexico/USA, 2003)
(18/11) Between two ideologies, in Good Bye Lenin! (Germany, 2003)
(25/11) Followed by the "Life Short Movies Festival" (more than 2 hours of excellent (funny, smart, sad, or just strange) short movies about Life and everything around it.