Marilyn Watelet

Production

Marilyn Watelet

Known for

Production

Credits

17 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 4 titles

Behind the camera

Toute une nuit poster
6.6

Following over two dozen different individuals in the almost wordless atmosphere of a dark night in a Brussels town, acceptance and rejection in the realm of romance is examined.

Toute une nuit

1982

The Eighties poster
6.1

All of the time and effort put forth to stage a musical is chronicled here in this bright and funny French outing. The story is set at a shopping mall where people audition for an upcoming show. Afterwards, they are seen going through the grueling routines of learning the music and rehearsing.

The Eighties

1985

Black Metal poster
NR

An overview of black metal culture in Belgian youth.

Black Metal

1998

Tomorrow We Move poster
5.9

Single woman Charlotte tries to write erotic fiction despite not having any sensual experience.

Tomorrow We Move

2004

American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy poster
5.8

An exploration of Jewish American identity in a multilayered portrait of the immigrant experience. A series of first-person addresses delivered by a cross-section of Jewish New Yorkers, whose by turns tragic and humourous tales speak to a collective history of trauma, displacement, and resilience.

American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy

1989

No artwork available
NR

A portrait of daily life in Cuba in the late 1990s,

Fin de Siglo

1995

No artwork available
NR

A short documentary on the fabulous courthouse building in Brussels from the architect Joseph Poelaert, temporarily a house of dreams structured in 26 bits, 1 for each letter of the alphabet, from A-Z.

The Palace of Wonders

1981

No artwork available
NR

They want a great man. They talk about it, about him, about the one they're looking for. And I don't tell them everything you're not, and I drink to stop looking for the man they're looking for.

Tall on my own

2005

No artwork available
NR

A short documentary on the creation of the fresco by Alba Fabre Sacristán paying homage to Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. Made by Akerman's childhood friend and longtime collaborator Marilyn Watelet and also co-writer and assistant director on the iconic film.

Jeanne Dielman, 6 quai aux Barques, 1000 Bruxelles

2024

Brussels-Transit poster
6.6

A family of Polish-Jewish refugees arrives in Brussels in 1947 to navigate the challenges of postwar survival. Guided by a maternal voice-over, the narrative tracks their daily struggles with poverty, housing, and obtaining legal residency permits. Through staged, static tableaus, the film records these everyday bureaucratic and living conditions.

Brussels-Transit

1980