Jean-Jacques Andrien (born 1 June 1944) is a Belgian film director. Le Monde deem his film Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven (1981), to be the first great Film of a Walloon cinemaQuoted by Jean-Patrick Duchesne Des arts plastiques au cinéma in Bruno Demoulin et Jean-Louis Kupper, Histoire de la Wallonie, Privat, Toulouse, 2004, pages 366-377, p. 376 This film addresses two problems; the first is that of Belgium's region, site of a bitter conflict between Flemish and Walloon inhabitants, and the second that of dramatic changes that have affected the agricultural world.Lieve Spaas, The Francophone Film: A Struggle for Identity Published by Manchester University Press, 2000, p. 19, The film was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.
Filmography see
L'babou 1970 La Pierre qui flotte (1971) Le Rouge, le rouge et le rouge (1972) (10 minutes) Le Fils d'Amr est mort [The Son of Amir Is Dead] (1975) André Cavens Award; Golden Leopard, 28th Locarno International Film Festival. Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven (1981) (88 minutes) André Cavens Award; Grand Prix du festival d'Aurillac Mémoires (1985) (55 minutes] Golden Plaque International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg Australia (1989) (118 minutes) Best Photography Venice Film Festival
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External links Cinéma Wallonie Interview, Photos, in French Biography for Jean-Jacques Andrien