Le tout nouveau testament

 Le tout nouveau testament 2015

Director: Jaco Van Dormael

Based on the book: no

Cast: Pili Groyne, Benôit Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, Francois Damiens, Yolande Moureau, Laura Verlinden, Serge Lariviére,

Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:

Catherine Deneuve – Dancer in the Dark, Belle du Jour, probably others

Why? It seemed interesting.

Seen: 13 November 2021      

       God lives in Brussels. He’s a swine. We hear a lot about his son but not about his daughter.

       Says his daughter Ea (Groyne), a little girl who lives in isolation with God and his wife, her mother. In his earthly form God is a tyrannical, heavily smoking and drinking, slovenly, and violent father and husband.

       Ea decides to get revenge and escape. Advised by her brother JC, a talking statue, she hacks into God’s computer and tells everyone in the world the date of their death. This undermines God’s credibility completely.

       So far, it’s absurd, hilarious, melancholy and filled with existential nonsense/wisdom. Unfortunately, it loses steam as the six new apostles tell their stories. It loses its bite and becomes whimsical and banal. What a pity.  It started so brilliantly.

       The first half gets a clear 5*, but the second half only 3. So      

4 * of 5.