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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1977 - 30 July. 7 August

Sections & Films

FLIPPO ET LE TRAIN DE HONG KONG

Category: Edition 1977

Synopsis
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Original Title FLIPPO ET LE TRAIN DE HONG KONG
Category Official Competition
Section Official Competition
Tipology Short Film
Duration 13'
Production Year 1972
Nationality Belgium
Directed by Pierre Levie, Zarin Kelk

 regista Pierre LeviePIERRE LEVIE

Doctor of law and associate of higher education, Pierre Levie was alderman of culture, civil status and social affairs in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert from 1947 to 1955. Pierre Levie joined the destinies of the production company Sofidoc early and then, in 1971, he took the lead.
Between 1963 and 1968, Pierre Levie participated in the revivalism around Jean Ray and the Belgian School of Fantasy, producing Thirteen Fantastic Tales (13 times 26 minutes, shot in 35 mm), adapted from news published by Editions Marabout, which He is commissioned by Belgian directors who are either beginners or at the end of their career, notably André Cavens, Jean-Louis Colmant, Jean Delire, Lucien Deroisy, Emile-Georges De Meyst, Patrick Ledoux and Christian Mesnil.
He produced many films of Belgian cinema of the time, including Apolline (1959) and Les Gommes (1969) by Lucien Deroisy, Sirènes (1961) by Émile Degelin, There is a train every hour (1961) and Présence sorry (1965) by André Cavens and two films by Harry Kümel: Mr. Hawarden in 1967 and the biggest budget Malpertuis after Jean Ray in 1972.
Pierre Levie co-produced two feature films by the essayist Marcel Hanoun, with Michael Lonsdale: L'hiver in 1969 and L'Automne in 1971-72.
His daughter Françoise Levie and granddaughter Sarah Moon Howe became directors.