ABOVE THE LAW
Feature film / Thriller / France-Belgium (2016)
As Frank Valken pulls off a spectacular heist, a hit squad strikes and executes all the witnesses. Among the bodies is that of the magistrate investigating the Mad Shooters case. Thirty years later, they seem to have returned. Caught red-handed and facing intense media scrutiny, Frank has no choice but to escape and try to prove his innocence.
Release date: December 5, 2017 (Rezo)
Directed by François Troukens & Jean-François Hensgens
Written by François Troukens and Giordano Gederlini
With Olivier Gourmet, Lubna Azabal, Kevin Janssens, Bouli Lanners, Tibo Vandenborre, Béréncie Bado, Karim Barras, Natacha Régnier, Anne Coesens
Produced by Jacques-Henri and Olivier Bronckart. Co-produced by Raphaël Rocher, Elsa Rodde and Bart Van Langendonck
A co-production of Versus Production, Capture The Flag Films, Savage Film, Proximus, RTL, and TVI. With the participation of Canal+ and Ciné+. With the support of the Film and Audiovisual Centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), the Belgian Federal Government Tax Shelter, Inver Tax Shelter, the European Commission - Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA, Wallimage (Wallonia), and the Brussels-Capital Region. In association with TF1 Studio, Indéfilms 5, Rezo Films, O'Brother Distribution, and L'Ombre du Sourire.
TV mandate: Wild Bunch. International sales: TF1 International
Winner of the 2019 Magritte Award for Best Actress (Lubna Azabal). Also nominated in 8 categories: Best Film, Best First Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Olivier Gourmet), Best Supporting Actor (Bouli Lanners), Most Promising Actress (Bérénice Baoo), Best Cinematography and Sound
Official Selection - Cinema nel giardino - Venice 2017
Special Screening - 50 Years of Belgian Cinema - BIFFF 2018