A lot of films are being shot in Belgium this summer. Erik Van Looy films in a loft, but Fien Troch, Ilse Somers, Felix van Groeningen and Gert Embrechts regularly stand in the rain. This year, wherever you go along Flemish roads, you will encounter film crews. In the rain. The smallpox weather that is ravaging Western Europe is causing joy for farmers and sadness for the catering industry. The Flemish filmmakers (and one Dutchman, Reinout Oerlemans, whom we co-opted due to shooting in Bruges) are like our riders: some cycle better in rainy weather, others would rather ride in the sun.

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