Marion Hänsel … a singular career spanning more than three decades as actress, director, producer and trapeze artist. Photo: Man Films
The Belgian film-maker Marion Hänsel, who died of a heart attack in Brussels yesterday (8 June), had a varied career which saw her work as a trapeze artist, perform circus tricks for the grandmother of the New Wave Agnès Varda and receive of a timely career retrospective earlier this year at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
She was born in Marseilles in 1949 but grew up in Antwerp. She left home as a teenager to study painting at art school in Devon, where she honed her English. She had never particularly wanted to be a circus artist but thought it might be a useful way to find parts in films. She spent two years in New York at Lee Strasberg’s Actors’ Studio. Returning to Europe, she spent another two years in...
The Belgian film-maker Marion Hänsel, who died of a heart attack in Brussels yesterday (8 June), had a varied career which saw her work as a trapeze artist, perform circus tricks for the grandmother of the New Wave Agnès Varda and receive of a timely career retrospective earlier this year at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
She was born in Marseilles in 1949 but grew up in Antwerp. She left home as a teenager to study painting at art school in Devon, where she honed her English. She had never particularly wanted to be a circus artist but thought it might be a useful way to find parts in films. She spent two years in New York at Lee Strasberg’s Actors’ Studio. Returning to Europe, she spent another two years in...
- 6/9/2020
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Palme d’Or nominee and actress was at Iffr for a retrospective of her work in January.
Belgian filmmaker, producer and actress Marion Hansel has died aged 71 after a heart attack.
Some of her best-known films as a director include Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea, which played in competition at Cannes in 1995, and Dust, which won the Silver Lion at Venice in 1985.
Hansel was at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) for a retrospective of her work in January, where she spoke to Screen about how a trip to hospital inspired her recent autobiographical essay film, There Was A Little Ship.
Belgian filmmaker, producer and actress Marion Hansel has died aged 71 after a heart attack.
Some of her best-known films as a director include Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea, which played in competition at Cannes in 1995, and Dust, which won the Silver Lion at Venice in 1985.
Hansel was at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) for a retrospective of her work in January, where she spoke to Screen about how a trip to hospital inspired her recent autobiographical essay film, There Was A Little Ship.
- 6/9/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Rank the week of June 28th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time:new Releasesthe Warrior’S Way
(Blu-ray and DVD | R | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #8698
Times Ranked: 631
Win Percentage: 39%
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: Sngmoo Lee
Starring: Kate Bosworth • Geoffrey Rush • Danny Huston • Tony Cox • Dong-gun Jang
Genres: Action • Fantasy • Martial Arts • Western
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Sucker Punch
(Blu-ray and DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2081
Times Ranked: 4896
Win Percentage: 44%
Top-20 Rankings: 19
Directed By: Zack Snyder
Starring: Emily Browning • Abbie Cornish • Jena Malone • Vanessa Hudgens • Carla Gugino
Genres: Action • Adventure • Drama • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure • Girls-with-Guns • Psychological Drama • Thriller
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Season Of The Witch
(Blu-ray and DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #9846
Times Ranked: 1288
Win Percentage: 36%
Top-20 Rankings: 4
Directed By: Dominic Sena
Starring: Nicolas Cage • Ron Perlman • Stephen Campbell Moore • Stephen Graham • Ulrich Thomsen
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Adventure • Adventure Drama • Drama • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure • Supernatural Thriller • Thriller • Witchcraft
Rank This...
(Blu-ray and DVD | R | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #8698
Times Ranked: 631
Win Percentage: 39%
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: Sngmoo Lee
Starring: Kate Bosworth • Geoffrey Rush • Danny Huston • Tony Cox • Dong-gun Jang
Genres: Action • Fantasy • Martial Arts • Western
Rank This Movie
Sucker Punch
(Blu-ray and DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2081
Times Ranked: 4896
Win Percentage: 44%
Top-20 Rankings: 19
Directed By: Zack Snyder
Starring: Emily Browning • Abbie Cornish • Jena Malone • Vanessa Hudgens • Carla Gugino
Genres: Action • Adventure • Drama • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure • Girls-with-Guns • Psychological Drama • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Season Of The Witch
(Blu-ray and DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #9846
Times Ranked: 1288
Win Percentage: 36%
Top-20 Rankings: 4
Directed By: Dominic Sena
Starring: Nicolas Cage • Ron Perlman • Stephen Campbell Moore • Stephen Graham • Ulrich Thomsen
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Adventure • Adventure Drama • Drama • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure • Supernatural Thriller • Thriller • Witchcraft
Rank This...
- 6/28/2011
- by Jonathan Hardesty
- Flickchart
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