

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.
Direction
Van Looy's sleek surfaces hide rot underneath
Acting
Schoenaerts burns slow before he explodes
Production
That loft: minimalist trap, gorgeous cage

Director
Erik Van Looy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This Belgian original outgrossed every local film in 2008, spawning a Dutch remake AND a Hollywood version starring Karl Urban. Van Looy himself remade it twice.
The loft's cold modernism isn't just set design — it's the visual metaphor for how these men treat women and each other: beautiful, functional, disposable.