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Left Bank
Left Bank
6.3
/10
120 Ratings

LEFT BANK

Linkeroever

Directed by Pieter Van Hees
Belgium, 2008
Drama, Horror, Thriller

Synopsis

Marie is a professional runner with hopes of making it to the European Championships in Portugal. When she is diagnosed with a mysterious blood disease, Marie is sidelined. Hoping to ease her disappointment, she moves in with new boyfriend, Bobby. There, she uncovers a disturbing mystery.

Synopsis

Marie is a professional runner with hopes of making it to the European Championships in Portugal. When she is diagnosed with a mysterious blood disease, Marie is sidelined. Hoping to ease her disappointment, she moves in with new boyfriend, Bobby. There, she uncovers a disturbing mystery.

Our take

Pieter Van Hees’s chilling, Antwerp-set thriller tackles the troubles of modern life through the story of a lost tenant. Like many great films in the lineage of psychological horror, the building—a modern apartment block—becomes a potent site and recurring source of fear.