British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

Miss Montigny

Synopsis

In Montignies-on-Sambre, a small village in the Belgian 'black country' where the coal mine industry vanished 20 years ago, 19-year-old Sandrine sells cheese in the local supermarket by day and manicures by night, dreaming that one day she will open her own beauty salon. One day Sandrine  and Anna, her mother hear on the radio an ad for a local beauty contest. Anna is convinced that Sandrine should enter and of course win. Winning, though, has huge costs for both their lives.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Features
Running time
96 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Miel van Hoogenbemt
Producer
Christine Alderson, Jani Thiltges, Olivier Charvet
Co-Producer
Christine Alderson, Jani Thiltges, Olivier Charvet
Editor
Ludo Troch
Screenwriter
Gabrielle Borile
Director of Photography
Nigel Willoughby
Sound
Carlo Thoss
Composer
Composed by Molly Nyman and Harry Escott, Supervised by John Boughtwood
Principal cast
Sophie Quinton, Ariane Ascaride, Sophie De Wulf

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ipso Facto Films

1 Pink Lane
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 5DW
UK

T+44 (0)19 1230 2585

info@ipsofactofilms.com

Sales Company

Rue de Luxembourg

Samsa Distribution
238c
L-8077, Bertrange

T+352 4519601

samsa.film@filmnet.lu

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

69 69

Director: Leo Butler

Year: 2026

Acclaimed British playwright Leo Butler's debut short film, 69 explores sex and intimacy across sixty-nine scenes and vignettes. Funny, moving and sometimes disturbing, it features an exciting, diverse cast of well-known actors and newcomers.

Comedy Drama Experimental
Smooth the Edges Smooth the Edges

Director: Charles Newland

Year: 2026

Chantel, a young woman of Romani-Gypsy heritage conceals her ethnicity to avoid workplace discrimination, but after losing her job, she confronts her identity while navigating the challenges of finding new employment and facing the prejudices of those around her.

Drama
A Mustard Seed A Mustard Seed

Director: Femi Oladigbolu

Year: 2026

Mide, a young man brought up in a traditional Nigerian family, has spent his early years within the strict confines of a Christian Pentecostal household. In Mide’s home, tradition and faith are intricately intertwined, guided by the family’s patriarch - Mide’s father.

Drama