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The Sex Life of the Belgians

La vie sexuelle des Belges

Belgium | 1994, 85 min.

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Written, directed and produced by Belgian "enfant terrible" Jan Bucquoy. The fragmented story of the first 28 years (from 1950 to 1978) in the life of Flemish working-class kid, this film would have been better titled "La vie sentimentale de Jan Bucquoy," but as it often happens, the closer a film gets to its author, the more universal a message becomes. "I dreamt of a world without hierarchy where everyone is entitled to happiness," muses Bucquoy at the end of this melancholic, often poetic film.

Director(-s): Jan Bucquoy

Famous scriptwriter for animated films; actor, "scathing agitator" accustomed to facing the humdrum routine of the media; "conceptual" artist. "La vie sexuelle des Belges" is his first feature film.

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1994 La vie sexuelle des Belges

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Producer: Jan Bucquoy, Francis de Smet

Cast: Jean-Henri Compere, Noe Francq, Isabelle Legros

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