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6.7/10 • 1.6K

2015-09-021h 54m

ComedyFantasy

God Exists. He Lives in Brussels with his daughter.

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...

Directors
Jaco Van Dormael
Editors
Hervé de Luze

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  1. Pili Groyne

    Pili Groyne

    Ea

  2. Benoît Poelvoorde

    Benoît Poelvoorde

    God

  3. Yolande Moreau

    Yolande Moreau

    God's Wife

  4. Catherine Deneuve

    Catherine Deneuve

    Martine

  5. François Damiens

    François Damiens

    François

  6. Serge Larivière

    Serge Larivière

    Marc

  7. Didier De Neck

    Didier De Neck

    Jean-Claude

  8. Laura Verlinden

    Laura Verlinden

    Aurélie

  9. Romain Gelin

    Romain Gelin

    Willy

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Reno

Jun 24, 2016

6/10

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

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
$8,700,000.00
Revenue
$15,709,652.00
Keywords
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