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The Memory of a Killer

Year:
Duration:
123 min | Belgium:135 min (director's cut)
Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.4
Director:
Erik Van Looy
Awards:
7 wins & 3 nominations
Details
Country: Belgium
Release Date: 2005-09-26
Filming Locations: Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $41,254 (USA) (28 August 2005)
Gross: $332,015 (USA) (6 November 2005)
Cast
Actor
Character
Koen De Bouw
Koen De Bouw
The Memory of a Killer
Laurien Van den Broeck
Bieke Cuypers
Dirk Roofthooft
Vader Cuypers
Werner De Smedt
Freddy Verstuyft
Hilde De Baerdemaeker
Linda de Leenheer
Geert Van Rampelberg
Tom Coemans
Jan Decleir
Angelo Ledda
Patrick Descamps
Gilles Resnais
Anne-Caroline Suberville
Dienster
Jan Dyck
Taxi Driver
Miek Van Bocxtaele
Receptionist (as Miek Van Bocxstaele)
Deborah Ostrega
Anja
Gene Bervoets
Seynaeve
Els Dottermans
Eva Van Camp
Lucas Van den Eynde
Bob Van Camp
Anaïs Terryn
Ine Van Camp
Lone van Roosendaal
Henriette Seynaeve
Jo De Meyere
Baron Gustave De Haeck
Johan van Assche
Van Parys
Roland De Jonghe
Paolo Ledda
Katrien Vandendries
Nurse
Ludo Hoogmartens
Businessman
Bart Slegers
Lemmens
Marc Peeters
Opdebeeck
Tom Waes
Verheyen
Filip Peeters
Major De Keyzer
Eddy Vereycken
Dr. Abbeloos
Kristine Arras
Housekeeper
Vic de Wachter
Joseph Vlerick
Tom Van Dyck
Jean de Haeck
Babett Manalo
Masseuse
Jan Van Looveren
Police Motorcyclist
Jappe Claes
Prosecutor Bracke
Marc Janssen
Chaplain
Peter Borghs
Guard
Charley Pasteleurs
Supporting
Cela Yildiz
Reporter (uncredited)
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Trivia
Jef Geeraerts:  the writer of the novel can be seen on a bench at the police department.
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The director (a big RAFC supporter) insisted that actor Gene Bervoets (a Beerschot supporter) whistle the anthem of RAFC in a scene where he's in the car (Beerschot and RAFC are both football clubs in Antwerpen, with 100 years of enmity dividing their fans). Gene Bervoets, however, agreed to do as requested immediately. Since his character is a complete bastard, he thought it quite logical that he would be an RAFC-fan.
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In the first scene in the café, Bieke en Vincke are watching an episode of "Buiten de Zone" (season 2, episode 2: "Kitsch en Kunst"), a highly popular youth series in the 1990s. The actor who plays Bieke's father in the movie, Dirk Roofthooft, appeared several times in this series.
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Goofs
Bieke's father who gets shot resisting arrest at the beginning of the film, is clearly shot on his left side of the chest. But in the shot right before he lays still, we see the gunshot wound on the other side, then it flips back again when he's down.
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The laser mounted to Ledda's Beretta is not in a consistent position. Laser mounts of this era are difficult to install and it appears there are two prop guns. One has the laser mounted properly, the other has it pointed down at a 5° angle (which would make it useless for aiming). In closeups, the two are switched between in single scenes, so this is clearly a mistake, and does not indicate the character dropped the gun and misaligned the laser at some point, for example.
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The movie is set in 1995, but a Coca-Cola can design that appeared after 2000 can be seen several times.
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Quotes
Freddy Verstuyft: [while practicing his French] Vincke, why do you have to know French to pass the commisioner's exam?
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Angelo Ledda: [about killing Jean de Haeck] I'm sure nobody will miss him. *I* didn't.
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Eric Vincke: ...traces of animal feces.
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Photos from cast
Koen De Bouw
Protection cards. Print exercises Airbus A380 wide-body aircraft airplane signage panel