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The Brand New Testament

The Brand New Testament

Comedy · Fantasy · 2015

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...

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The Brand New Testament

“God Exists. He Lives in Brussels with his daughter.”

2015 Comedy · Fantasy 1h 54m

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6.6 / 10

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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...

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Directed by

Jaco Van Dormael

Written by

Thomas Gunzig · Jaco Van Dormael

Pili Groyne

Pili Groyne

Ea

Benoît Poelvoorde

Benoît Poelvoorde

God

Yolande Moreau

Yolande Moreau

God's Wife

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Martine

François Damiens

François Damiens

François

Serge Larivière

Serge Larivière

Marc

Didier De Neck

Didier De Neck

Jean-Claude

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The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.