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
Koen De Bouw
Chris Van Outryve
Filip Peeters
Vincent Stevens
Matthias Schoenaerts
Filip Willems
Bruno Vanden Broecke
Luc Seynaeve
Veerle Baetens
Ann Marai
Koen De Graeve
Marnix Laureys
Marie Vinck
Sarah Delporte
Tine Reymer
Barbara Stevens
An Miller
Ellen Van Outryve
Charlotte Vandermeersch
Vicky Willems
Maaike Cafmeyer
Miriam Laureys
Wine Dierickx
Elsie Seynaeve
Dirk Roofthooft
Mannelijke ondervrager
Sara De Roo
Vrouwelijke ondervrager
Jan Decleir
Ludwig Tyberghein
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.
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