The Brand New Testament

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The Brand New Testament is a 2015 Belgian surrealist comedy film that imagines God living in Brussels and his rebellious daughter rewriting humanity’s fate.

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instanceOf film
surrealist comedy film
academyAwardsSubmissionFor Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards
awardNomination César Award for Best Foreign Film nomination
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language nomination
cinematographyBy Christophe Beaucarne
countryOfOrigin Belgium
France
Luxembourg
director Jaco Van Dormael
distributor Belga Films
Le Pacte
editedBy Hervé de Luze NERFINISHED
Sylvie Landra
filmingLocation Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
genre comedy film
fantasy film
satirical film
hasTagline God exists. He lives in Brussels.
mainCharacter Ea
God
musicBy An Pierlé
narrativePerspective told from the point of view of God’s daughter Ea
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Le Tout Nouveau Testament
plotSummary God lives in Brussels and his rebellious daughter Ea leaks people’s death dates and rewrites humanity’s fate.
producer Jaco Van Dormael
Olivier Rausin
releaseYear 2015
runtimeMinutes 113
sectionScreened Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival
setting Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
stars Benoît Poelvoorde
Catherine Deneuve
François Damiens
Laura Verlinden
Pili Groyne
Serge Larivière
Yolande Moreau
theme free will and destiny
rebellion against authority
religion and bureaucracy
title The Brand New Testament
worldPremiereEvent Cannes Film Festival
writer Jaco Van Dormael
Thomas Gunzig

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