THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT
2015 Films
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1h 54m
God exists !
He lives in Brussels.
He’s a real bastard, odious with his wife and daughter.
We know a lot about his son, but very little about his daughter.
Her name is Ea and she’s ten years old.
One day, she revolts against her father, hacks his computer and leaks to the entire world their inevitable date of death by SMS…
Direction: Jaco Van Dormael
Script: Jaco Van Dormael, Thomas Gunzig
Production: Jaco Van Dormael, Olivier Rausin, Daniel Marquet, Jaco Van Dormael, Olivier Rausin, Daniel Marquet
Cinematography: Christophe Beaucarne
Editing: Hervé de Luze
Production Design: Sylvie Olivé
Costume Design: Caroline Koener
Sound: Dominique Warnier, François Dumont, Michel Schillings
Original Score: An Pierlé
Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens, Yolande Moreau, Pili Groyne
Original Title: LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT
Original Language: French
Subtitles: Dutch, English
Film Production Countries: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Website: http://www.le-pacte.com/international/new-films/single/the-brand-new-testament/
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/LeToutNouveauTestament
Biography of the Director/s
After studying film at the INSAS (Brussels) and LOUIS-LUMIERE INSTITUTE (Paris),
Jaco Van Dormael started his career as a director of children’s theater plays. He then
began directing short films in the early 1980s, several times awarded in festivals. His first feature film, TOTO THE HERO (1991) received the Camera d’Or at Cannes and an EFA, then called Feliy, for Best Young Film, Actor, Screenwriter and Cinematographer. In parallel, Jaco Van Dormael is also a theater and opera director.
Filmography:
2010 EOLE, short
2009 MR. NOBODY
1996 THE EIGHTH DAY
1991 TOTO THE HERO
1985 DE BOOT, short
1984 E PERICOLOSO SPORGERSI, short
1983 SORTIE DE SECOURS, short
1982 L’IMITATEUR, short
1981 LES VOISINS, short
1981 STADE 81, short
1980 MAEDELI-LA-BRÈCHE, short
Awards Won
Norwegian IFF (Haugesund) - Audience Award
Biografilm Festival (Bologna) - Audience Award
World Sales:
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Paris, 75017, France
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: + 33 1 44 69 59 59
Website: http://www.le-pacte.com/
Press:
Le Pacte
Ioana Dragomirescu
Rue Darcet, 5
Paris, 75017, France
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +33 1 44 69 59 45
Website: http://www.le-pacte.com/
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