God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...
Pili Groyne
Ea
Benoît Poelvoorde
God
Yolande Moreau
God's Wife
Catherine Deneuve
Martine
François Damiens
François
Serge Larivière
Marc
Didier De Neck
Jean-Claude
Laura Verlinden
Aurélie
Romain Gelin
Willy
Marco Lorenzini
Victor
Johan Heldenbergh
The Priest
Anna Tenta
Xenia, l'Allemande
David Murgia
Jésus Christ
Gaspard Pauwels
Kevin
Bilal Aya
Philippe
Johan Leysen
Martine's Husband
Dominique Abel
Adam
Lola Pauwels
Eve
Sandrine Laroche
Catherine
Louis Durant
Marc (9 years old)
Jean Luc Piraux
Willy's Father
Anne-Pascale Clairembourg
Willy's Mother
Alice van Dormael
Journalist
Caroline Lambert
Journalist
Jérôme Varanfrain
Journalist
Aïssatou Diop
The Nurse
Armand Van Dormael
Le nongénaire
Viviane de Muynck
La mère de Georges
Pascal Duquenne
Georges
Hervé Sogne
Le chef des loubards
Kody Kim
L'homme qui vivra le plus longtemps
Besnik Limani
Le sans-papiers
Michèle-Anne De Mey
Andrée
Jean-François Wolff
Médecin Willy
Norbert Rutili
Le généticien
Luc Schiltz
Médecin hôpital
Harry Cleven
Passant micro-trottoir
Jean-Henri Compère
Musicien hélicon
Tom Audenaert
Maquettiste
George Nixon
Clochard métro
Ivone Semedo
Maman hôpital
Christian Magnani
Publicité pompes funèbres
Tom Canivet
François (8 ans)
Clara Gunzig
La cousine de François
Agatha Eleanor Masson
La fille des Allemands
Nora Young
Aurélie enfant
Anne-Marie Loop
Femme wasserette
Fabien Zeimes
Jean-Claude enfant
Gabriel Boisante
Ambulancier
Charlie Degotte
Professeur de hockey
Thérèse Kobankaya
Prostituée
Diego Dalmans
Le fils de François
Hannah Gunzig
Petite fille boulangerie
Eiaël Lefranq Binon
Willy (6 ans)
Nora Alberdi Perez
Danseuse main
Kiko Mirales
Le gorille
Tanguy De Backer
Sans abri devant l'église
Elsa Houben
La fille du coiffeur
Julien Jakout
Pianiste sur la plage
Cyril Perrin
Doublure lumière Benoît Poelvoorde
Jaco Van Dormael
L'automobiliste qui n'a plus que 0 seconde à vivre
Elisa Echevaria Menendez
Kathy
Director, Screenplay
Jaco Van Dormael
Screenplay
Thomas Gunzig
June 24, 2016
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> Re-editing the god's creation.
I was looking forward for this since it was from one of my favourite directors who is a very unique storyteller. This is a fantasy and a black comedy from Belgium that was chosen to represent the country in the last Oscars. This is where the critics overtake the film fanatic to like it more. It is a theme that revolves on what would you do if you get a power to write the laws of the nature. A complicated topic, because loopholes are inevitable, but the writer and director did not care much about that and narrated the tale what they just wanted to tell.
The story centres on an arrogant and abusive father who is also the creator the universe, especially the designer of the lives on the earth and this tale takes place in the Belgian capital, Brussels. When his bored and concerned daughter Ea, runs away from home to re-edit his creation as advised by her brother JC, he goes after her to ensure everything stay as he had planned. In an unexpected confrontation between father and daughter, in the end who is going to be victorious is the rest of the narration. Remember, there is a post credit scene, which opens the door for a possible sequel, but I don't think that'll happen.
> > "Giving men knowledge of their own death... Crazy!"
It was a beautiful concept, but I don't think I liked the entire narration, though some of the parts were very interesting. Since it was a fantasy, logics are not required, but the lack of the basic explanation was the setback if you're a broad minded. This film is for the simple minds, especially after knowing the theme you should not anticipate a genuine tale with great adventure and stunts, particularly not visual extravaganza. It was kind of a drama-adventure, something like entering the world that created by you and experiencing all by yourself the positives and negatives of it.
Somewhat it was a fun, so definitely not a bad film, but I felt it should have been a lot more than that. Kind of a missed opportunity and falls into a simplicity. All the actors were good, especially the little girl. But I think it's not suitable for the children on the ground of a film character who is associated with sex related stuff, hence it got a few brief nudes.
The God character was awesome, even though his acts are predictable I enjoyed the comedies delivered by him. The Ea's undertaking was more a serious and which tries to relate with the Chritianity, especially 'The Last Supper' after her decision to help a few selected people down in the earth over billions. All the above it was barely a magical film, so that's where you've to compromise than to expect crazy stuffs out of it. So in my opinion, it was not delightful as it looks nor the best work of this talented director, but a decent 2 hour long film.
6/10
Status:
Released
Original Language:
French
Budget:
$8,700,000.00
Revenue:
$15,709,652.00