Third Wedding | |
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Director: | David Lambert |
Producer: | Lilian Eche Anne-Marie Gélinas Jean-Yves Roubin |
Based On: | Het derde huwelijk by Tom Lanoye |
Starring: | Bouli Lanners Rachel Mwanza |
Cinematography: | Jako Raybaut |
Editing: | Hélène Girard |
Country: | Belgium Canada Luxembourg |
Studio: | Bidibul Productions EMA Films Frakas Productions |
Language: | French |
Runtime: | 98 minutes |
Third Wedding (fr|Troisièmes noces) is a comedy-drama film, directed by David Lambert and released in 2018.[1] A coproduction of companies from Belgium, Canada and Luxembourg, the film stars Bouli Lanners as Martin, a gay man grieving the recent death of his husband; in need of money to keep the house they shared, he decides to enter a marriage of convenience with Congolese immigrant Tamara (Rachel Mwanza) so that she can stay in the country, with the two unexpectedly falling into a sort of love as they try to convince the authorities that their relationship is real.[2]
The cast also includes Jean-Luc Couchard, Virginie Hocq, Eric Kabongo, Nele Kestens, Catarina Reverendo, Lionël Ruzindana, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Benoit Moureaux, André Pasquasy and Denis Simonetta.
The film was adapted from Tom Lanoye's 2006 novel Het derde huwelijk.[3]