Just Friends (1993 film)

Just Friends
Directed byMarc-Henri Wajnberg
Written byPierre Sterckx
Alexandre Wajnberg
Produced byMarc-Henri Wajnberg
StarringJosse De Pauw
Ann-Gisel Glass
Charles Berling
Sylvie Milhaud
CinematographyRémon Fromont
Edited byLudo Troch
Music byMichel Herr
Archie Shepp
Release date
  • 2 February 1994 (1994-02-02)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesBelgium
Netherlands
LanguagesFrench
Dutch
Box office$45.000[1]

Just Friends is a 1993 Belgian-Dutch film. It was directed and produced by Marc-Henri Wajnberg, written by Pierre Sterckx and Alexandre Wajnberg, and starred Josse De Pauw, Ann-Gisel Glass, Charles Berling, and Sylvie Milhaud. Set in Antwerp, Just Friends is about the jazz scene in the 1950s.

The film received the André Cavens Award and won three Joseph Plateau Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Wajnberg.[2][3] It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards.[4]

The music was written and supervised by Michel Herr and featured saxophonist Archie Shepp.

  1. ^ "Just Friends (1993) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "Le Prix Cavens à "Just Friends"". Le Soir (in French). December 23, 1993. p. 12. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "Just Friends" (in French). Wajnbrosse Productions. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "Just Friends, the movie". Michel Herr. Archived from the original on January 4, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2014.