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Actor director Bouli Lanners film Eldorado is Belgium’s entry to the foreign language Oscar category.

The film is a dark comic road movie in which a car dealer Ivan takes pity on a man he finds burgling his home, and agrees to drive him to the French Belgian border.

The film is produced by Liege based Versus Production with international distribution handled by Films Distribution.

It is the second film by the director after Ultranova in 2005. It was selected part of the Director’s fortnight in Cannes this year, it picked up the Fipresci international critic’s prize and the Europa Cinemas Label prize.

It is the first time since 1996 that the selectors have passed the Dardenne brothers film The Silence of Lorna. Their last three films had missed out on a nomination.

This is the first time in the last three years that Belgium has chosen a French language film.