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Photos of the month - L'enfant qui pleut 27/06/2008 00:00
Now running in Belgian cinemas, a film that is neither documentary nor fiction, searching to explain the Manneken Pis.
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| End of the Union (Match)? |
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| The pageantry... |
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| Great Balls of Fire |
For more inforamtion on cinemas and times: cinebel.be
(expatica June 2008)
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