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- ↑ "L'Imitateur (Jaco Van Dormael)" (in French). Cinergie. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ↑ "Retrospettiva Jaco "Le Heros". Il cinema visionario di Van Dormael" (in Italian). Sottodiciotto Filmfestival. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
