Loft (2008)

Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.

Director:

Erik Van Looy

Writer:

Bart De Pauw (screenplay)

Stars:

Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters, Matthias Schoenaerts

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Koen De Bouw	...	Chris Van Outryve
Filip Peeters	...	Vincent Stevens
Matthias Schoenaerts	...	Filip Willems
Bruno Vanden Broecke	...	Luc Seynaeve (as Bruno Vanden Broucke)
Koen De Graeve	...	Marnix Laureys
Veerle Baetens	...	Ann Marai
Tine Reymer	...	Barbara Stevens
An Miller	...	Ellen Van Outryve
Charlotte Vandermeersch	...	Vicky Willems
Wine Dierickx	...	Elsie Seynaeve
Maaike Cafmeyer	...	Miriam Laureys
Marie Vinck	...	Sarah Delporte
Jan Decleir	...	Ludwig Tyberghein
Gene Bervoets	...	Burgemeester Van Esbroeck
Sara de Roo	...	Vrouwelijke ondervrager

Storyline

5 friends who are all married and know each other very well decide to rent a loft together. In this loft they meet their mistresses. Everything is OK until one morning the body of an unknown young woman is found in the loft. The 5 friends begin to suspect each other of murder. And it becomes clear that they don't know each other as good as they always thought.

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Plot Keywords:

cfnm | cfnm scene | loft | friend | murder | 

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Taglines:

Five friends. One loft. One body.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official soundtrack site

Country:

Belgium

Language:

Flemish Dutch

Release Date:

22 October 2008 (Belgium)

Also Known As:

Loft - Tödliche Affären

Filming Locations:

Research Park, Haasrode, Belgium

Box Office

Budget:

€3,200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Woestijnvis

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Matthias Schoenaerts is the only actor re-cast for the Hollywood remake The Loft (2014).

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Connections

Featured in De wereld draait door: Episode #4.105 (2009)

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Soundtracks

East of West
Written by Jon More ? , Matt Black and Patrick Carpentier

User Reviews

Love is … Sharing a loft with friends so your wife can't find out you're unfaithful.

Although it's still relatively recent, it's actually a huge disgrace that it took me until now to finally watch and review "Loft". This is the most acclaimed, both publicly and critically, movie ever to be made in my home country Belgium and it instantly broke all historical box office records over here. I don't really have a valid excuse for waiting so long (perhaps didn't want to jump into the momentarily hype?) but I'm glad to announce that "Loft" is a solid and suspenseful thriller that can easily compete with the large foreign offer of similar movies. The film deals with typical Hollywood themes (adultery, murder, conspiracy theories…) and implements the contemporary popular narrative structure of flashbacks and messed up continuity, but luckily enough the atmosphere and character drawings remain old-fashioned Flemish. Under the influence of the sleazy architect Vince, five men in their late 30's and with a typical yuppie mentality secretly share a luxurious loft in the center of Antwerp where they can go with their mistresses and/or prostitutes without having to explain hotel bills and Visa expenses to their wives. When one of them stumbles upon the barbarically butchered corpse of a young girl in the morning, they gather together in the loft to discuss the situation. There are only five keys to the apartment and the doors where locked when they discovered the girl, so logically speaking one of them has to be the culprit. Through a series of flashbacks and deeper character elaborations, the script illustrates that the five perhaps aren't the loyal and close friends than they might think and that their lies, unfaithfulness and deception will finally bring them down. The scenario, spawn from the creative and versatile mind of Bart De Pauw, practically unfolds like a mystery thriller with Giallo allures. The plot grows increasingly convoluted with each flashback and each new red herring, and just when you think all the revelations are made, there's another new and unpredictable plot twist. The final twist is perhaps even one too many, but then still the events remains plausible and very well-written. Numerous sequences in "Loft" are very powerful and display a genuine sense of craftsmanship. The roughly edited and fast paced sequence inside the casino, where all protagonists are gathered not only with their wives but also with their mistresses and personal opponents, is nail-bitingly tense and atmospheric. Some of the characters are stereotypical, like the lightly inflammable bad-boy Filip and the nerdy Luc, but those aren't obstacles. Despite of the easily exploitative themes, the amount of gratuitous sex and explicit violence is kept low in favor of suspense-building and intrigue. This is particularly praiseworthy for a Belgian film, rest assured.