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Basierend auf wahren Begebenheiten schildert der Fernsehfilm „Ein Tag im September“, den Kai Wessel aktuell in Brüssel inszeniert, die Ereignisse rund um das erste Treffen des deutschen Bundeskanzlers Konrad Adenauer und Frankreichs Regierungschef Charles de Gaulle im September 1958.

September 1958: Frankreichs Premierminister Charles de Gaulle begrüßt den deutschen Kanzler Konrad Adenauer zu ihrem ersten Treffen in de Gaulles Privathaus. Mit dabei Madame de Gaulle (Hélène Alexandridis), Sohn Philippe, Adenauers Referent Dr. Bachmann und sein Chauffeur Willi Klockner (Ronald Kakulies) (Credit: Zdf/Nico Neefs)

Nach einem Drehbuch von Fred Breinersdorfer inszeniert Kai Wessel derzeit in Brüssel den auf wahren Begebenheiten beruhenden Fernsehfilm „Ein Tag im September“.

Zentrum der Handlung ist das Privathaus von Frankreichs Premierminister Charles de Gaulle (Jean-Yves Berteloot), in dem er den deutschen Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer (Burghart Klaußner) am 14. September 1958, 13 Jahre nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs, zu einem ersten Treffen erwartet. Trotz offensichtlicher politischer Differenzen, auch unter den Beratern der beiden Staatschefs,...

Directed by: Vincent Lannoo

Starring: Carlo Ferrante, Vera Van Dooren, Pierre Lognay, Fleur Lise Heuet, Julien Dore

When you receive a movie in your mailbox for review with nothing but the disc--no press release, nothing describing what other people think about the very movie you are about to see---you tend to reserve judgment. Although to be quite frank the number one cause of judgement comes from the one thing that you do receive with the movie; it's title. That is why upon receiving Vampires in my mailbox, I became very dubious of its appeal. Vampires, were already getting phased out. How great could a film be about vampires that was called Vampires? An already tired genre with what is perhaps the most tired and obvious title you could choose from. Little did I know in those beginning moments of judgement, that Vampires would take me for surprise.

Just as vampires are slowly getting phased out,...

3 new clips from Vampires starring Vincent Lannoo, Vera Van Dooren,Pierre Lognay and Fleur Lise Heuet Vincent Lannoo directs the comedy horror which opens via IFC on July 1st on VOD. They did it! They made a documentary on a bunch of vampires! A family of vampires, bored with immortality, lives in Belgium, eats illegal immigrants, children, handicapped folk, and takes every advantage they can suck out of the country’s social system. Samson, a seventies throwback, lives his 55th year like he’s forever 20. Grace, an eternal teenager bent on being human again, keeps committing suicide. George, the patriarch, manages as best he can, heading the eccentric family and its on-going squabbles with the neighboring vampires.

3 new clips from Vampires starring Vincent Lannoo, Vera Van Dooren,Pierre Lognay and Fleur Lise Heuet Vincent Lannoo directs the comedy horror which opens via IFC on July 1st on VOD. They did it! They made a documentary on a bunch of vampires! A family of vampires, bored with immortality, lives in Belgium, eats illegal immigrants, children, handicapped folk, and takes every advantage they can suck out of the country’s social system. Samson, a seventies throwback, lives his 55th year like he’s forever 20. Grace, an eternal teenager bent on being human again, keeps committing suicide. George, the patriarch, manages as best he can, heading the eccentric family and its on-going squabbles with the neighboring vampires.

3 new clips from Vampires starring Vincent Lannoo, Vera Van Dooren,Pierre Lognay and Fleur Lise Heuet Vincent Lannoo directs the comedy horror which opens via IFC on July 1st on VOD. They did it! They made a documentary on a bunch of vampires! A family of vampires, bored with immortality, lives in Belgium, eats illegal immigrants, children, handicapped folk, and takes every advantage they can suck out of the country’s social system. Samson, a seventies throwback, lives his 55th year like he’s forever 20. Grace, an eternal teenager bent on being human again, keeps committing suicide. George, the patriarch, manages as best he can, heading the eccentric family and its on-going squabbles with the neighboring vampires.