Loft (2008 film)

Loft is a 2008 Belgian erotic mystery film directed by Erik Van Looy and written by Bart De Pauw, starring an ensemble cast of notable Flemish actors.

Loft
Shooting of the film 'Loft' in the casino of Ostend
Directed byErik Van Looy
Produced byHilde De Laere
Written byBart De Pauw
Starring
Music byWolfram de Marco
CinematographyDanny Elsen
Edited byPhilippe Ravoet
Production
company
Distributed byIndependent Films
Release date
  • 22 October 2008 (2008-10-22) (Belgium)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryBelgium
LanguageDutch
Budget€3.2 million

Plot

Five married men share ownership of an upmarket loft, which they use to discreetly meet their respective mistresses. When the body of a murdered woman is found in that loft, the men begin to suspect each other of having committed the gruesome crime, as they are the only ones with keys to the premises. Through flashbacks, which are intertwined by scenes from the present, the story is unravelled.

Cast

Production

Portions of the movie were shot in Ostend in January 2008. The building where the loft is situated is in Antwerp, next to the river Scheldt. A teaser trailer was released in May.

Reception

By 19 February 2009, Loft was the most successful Flemish film ever at the box office with at the time 1,082,480 visitors, passing the previous record holder, Stijn Coninx' Koko Flanel.[1]

Remakes
Main articles: Loft (2010 film) and The Loft (2014 film)

In 2010, a Dutch remake was made and released - directed by Antoinette Beumer, which was also named Loft.

In 2011, Van Looy himself began production on an American remake. The Loft was completed in 2014 and stars Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, Eric Stonestreet and Schoenaerts exceptionally reprising his role from the original film. The Loft was released theatrically on 30 January 2015.

References
  1. "'Loft' breekt record van 'Koko Flanel'" (in Dutch). Belgium: De Standaard. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.


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