Known for Acting
Roger Van Hool was born on September 27, 1940 in Antwerp, Belgium. He is an actor, known for As Above, So Below (2014), Oscar (1967) and Les grands détectives (1974).
Born
September 27, 1940
Died
August 28, 2023 (age 82)
Birthplace
Antwerp, Belgium
Filmography
44 films, 5 shows


Isn't She Lovely?
2020 · 1h 31m · BE
A couple of parents get in over their heads when they decide to use Scandinavian alternative teaching methods for their teenager.


The Truth
2019 · 1h 46m · FR
Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.


The Odyssey
2016 · 2h 2m · FR
The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.


As Above, So Below
2014 · 1h 33m · US
When a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.


United Passions
2014 · 1h 50m · FR
An epic, untold story that brings to life the inspiring saga of the World Cup and the three determined men who created it. Driven by their vision and passion, three men, overcame their doubts and fought obstacles and scandals to make the World Cup a reality. Spanning the tumultuous 20th Century, this timeless saga celebrates the event that became the most popular sporting event in the world.


Où elle est Maman ?
2014 · FR


Chevallier et Laspalès - Les menteurs
2013


Bank Error in Your Favour
2009 · 1h 38m · FR
After working with the bank for a long time, Julien decides to open a restaurant with his best friend. Unfortunately, when the bank refuses to grant him a loan, he comes up with a plan.


Conversations with My Gardener
2007 · 1h 49m · FR
A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. The gardener happens to be a former schoolfriend. A warm, fruitful conversation starts between the two men.


Aux abois
2005 · 1h 37m · FR
Paul, a former insurer, is struggling to make ends meet. He agrees to meet Sarrebry, a loan shark introduced to him by his friend Daubelle. Paul mortally knocks out the disgusting crook and steals a large sum of money from him.


Un parfum de Caraïbes
2004 · 1h 37m · FR
A young Parisian perfume creator discovers lost roots, danger and romance on the paradisiac island of Martinique.


Y'a pas d'âge pour s'aimer
2002 · FR


Tanguy
2001 · 1h 48m · FR
Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan.


Un coup de baguette magique
1997 · FR
Jeanne, Achille, and their family belong to the middle class. They have their own house. Their marriage has not always gone smoothly, but they both make up for it. Then they both lose their jobs, and the incredible happens: the house is sold and they become homeless.


La dame aux camélias
1997 · 2h
The beautiful Parisian courtesan Marguerite Gauthier (Cristiana Réali), who is called a "Lady of The Camellia" because of the preference for these flowers, has many devotees among Parisian aristocrats. He really loves one - young Armand Duval (Michaël Cohen). Under the influence of the beloved father's pleas, and despite himself, he declares to Armand that he no longer loves him. She is suffering from tuberculosis, but if possible, she is in company, and renews contacts with rich devotees. Armand tries to forget about her. One evening, at a party, their paths cross again.


The Eyewitness
1996 · 1h 40m · BE
A 23 year old boy learns how to see again after he has been blind for nearly 20 years. He does however continue to see images of his mother flashing by.


L'Affaire
1994 · 1h 36m · IT
A man who had everything taken away from him, including his family, by his brother teams up with a young card player in order to take revenge on the brother.


Plato's Banquet
1989 · 1h 18m · FR
At house of Agathon get together many intellectuals and philosophers, including Socrates, to discuss the theme of love and sex: each of them intervenes to support its argument dialogical rules, within the context symposial.


The Abyss
1988 · 1h 50m · BE
The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe under an assumed name for twenty years. But he remains a non-conformist. He returns to his native Bruges, where he thinks he has been forgotten. In this silent labyrinth where the faces of the past resurface, he rediscovers his identity and thus signs his death warrant.


Les Nouveaux Tricheurs
1987 · 1h 40m · FR
Adolescents or young adults, Franck, Christine and the others meet, bond, leave each other. But the drama lurks.


Iris
1987 · 1h 30m · NL
A female veterinarian moves to the country side to start her own practice. She encounters a lot a skeptical villagers.
Les Beaux Quartiers
Les Beaux Quartiers
1983 · FR


Lock
1983 · 1h 20m · BE
After her eleven year old daughter Cathy befalls a freak accident, Danielle is in a state of catatonic paralysis. Daily, she hears her daughter's voice, telling tell her that her disappearance was no accident. A multitude of supernatural event make progressively Roger, the father, and Fanny, wife of service, become aware of a presence in the house. One night, Roger and Fanny are persecuted by the presence of a devilish laugh that resembles the girl.


The Woman Next Door
1981 · 1h 46m · FR
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.


A Woman on the Run
1981 · 1h 30m · BE
A couple's child dies in a motorcycle accident. Pain and bitterness drive the couple apart in this psychological melodrama.


Woman Between Wolf and Dog
1979 · 1h 51m · BE
Lieve is a Belgian woman who marries just as World War II is beginning. When the Germans invade, her husband goes off to fight them, but he swiftly returns home after the invasion succeeds. Later, he decides that the Germans are on the right side of things, and goes off to fight for them on the Eastern Front. Soon afterward, a resistance fighter is stranded on her doorway, and she hides him. The two of them fall in love, and the conflicts and joys of this relationship cause Lieve continued grief well after the end of the war.


Doctor Vlimmen
1978 · 1h 47m · NL
A veterinarian lives together with his sister and her son in a small village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. He has to cope with gossip and distrust from the villagers.


The Garden of Torment
1976 · 1h 33m · FR
The story of a Antoine, a physician who was exiled to China in the 1930's due to his drug habit.


Met Dieric Bouts
1975 · 35m · BE
A filmed essay about the painter Bouts.
L'inspecteur Wens: Six hommes morts
L'inspecteur Wens: Six hommes morts
1975 · DE
TV adaptation of the novel by Stanislas-André Steeman.


Verloren maandag
1974 · 1h 30m · BE
Tomasz , a young Polish refugee wanders through Antwerp, looking for the woman who helped him to get his mother through the Iron Curtain. During his search he meets alcoholics, vagrants and other outcasts of the society.


Madame Baptiste
1974 · 1h 32m · FR
Blanche was raped in her adolescence by a servant, a cowherd named Baptiste. Her family, anxious to hide the shame that this scandal has cast on their reputation, locks the young girl in their manor, thinking that four walls are enough to silence the mockery. One day, Blanche, whom the whole country nicknames "Madame Baptiste", tries to commit suicide, consumed by the painful memory she carries within her. A man saves her and, charmed by the woman who now owes him her life, he asks her to marry him, thus defying the moral barriers set by public opinion. Life now seems happy for Blanche, but one day, at the agricultural show, the insult comes again: "Madame Baptiste!"...


The Killer Is on the Phone
1972 · 1h 36m · IT
A woman whose husband was murdered five years previously, is stalked by his killer, who wants to eliminate her as a potential witness. What he doesn't know is that the shock of his murder caused her to have amnesia, and she doesn't remember anything.


Louise, One Word of Love
1972 · 1h 49m · BE
The young Isabelle escapes from the orphanage and she adopted by two chaps on a caravan. They then meet by chance the posh family of Louise- who runs away with the three adventurers when confronted with the reality of having to marry a Belgian with a large moustache and a bald head. They find a dog. Later Louisa degenerates into a minor moment of sexual hedonism and multiplexing with the two chaps before they are all overwhelmed by the Armageddon that was WWI.


Le Soldat Laforêt
1972 · 1h 37m · FR
When he gets separated from his unit, Laforet (Roger Van Hool) becomes a de facto deserter during 1939 fighting in the French provinces. Most of the story concerns his love affair with a local farmgirl, as he competes for her affection with a refugee from Spain. When he presses her to make a decision between them, the choice doesn't go in his favor. Soon after this he joins up with the Resistance movement.


Appointment in Bray
1971 · 1h 30m · BE
In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter pilot on the front, invites him to spend a few days in his family's empty house in Bray. The housekeeper, a beautiful stoic woman lets Julien in, but his friend is late and he is obliged to wait. In the meantime, he starts reminiscing of the pre-war days spent with his friend and Jacques' girlfriend Odile.


Et qu'ça saute !
1970 · 1h 25m · FR
A uranium deposit brings turmoil to the small South American republic of Guatalpa. Between two revolutions, the government tries unsuccessfully to decide whether the Americans, Soviets or Cubans will exploit the concession. Delegates from these nations spy on and betray each other to achieve their goal.
Bastaard halve prijs
Bastaard halve prijs
1970 · 25m · BE
A woman is looking for a new man and settles for a bastard available for half the price.


Catherine
1969 · 1h 50m · FR
Paris, 1418. The city is occupied by the Armagnacs, besieged by Philip of Burgundy. Caboche, a butcher's guild member and supporter of the Burgundians, wants to marry a young woman. To do so, he denounces his father, who is soon after murdered. The Grand Conétable of Burgundy also has his eye on Catherine, but will not be able to take her because Duke Philippe has fallen in love with her.


Woman in Chains
1968 · 1h 46m · FR
Gallery director Stanislas bolsters the development of modern art with his collection of surprising works. His newest acquisition is a sculpture by Gilbert, whose wife Josée is captivated by Stanislas. But unbeknownst to her, Stanislas is amassing photographs of a very perverse, disturbed nature.


Heartbeat
1968 · 1h 43m · FR
The mistress of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.


The Great Chase
1968 · 1h 28m · FR
A gang of young tugs led by Frankie, opens a nightclub just in front of a gangster's hideout. Morelli is his name and he prepares the stealing of the century.


Oscar
1967 · 1h 25m · FR
This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large amount of money from his company, his maid is about to resign in order to marry a wealthy neighbor and his body builder is interested in marrying his daughter. The seemingly complicated story-line is full of comedy or errors and some of the most hilarious mime scenes of the French cinema.


Boys and Girls
1967 · 1h 40m · FR
Ten young people (six boys and four girls), most of whom students, rent a house in bad repair and set about living together. The experience is not obvious and the ten tenants have to cope with more than one difficulty. But they also have their moments. Things really go awry when Françoise, an unmarried girl, is forced to deliver the baby she carries prematurely and when Solange, the lonely girl of the group, attempts suicide. Shortly afterwards, the group learns that the house is due for demolition. They decide to take advantage of this opportunity to face adult life individually.