Following in the wake of Benoît Poelvoorde and Philippe Geluck, comedians, actors and other Belgian singers have established themselves in France in recent years, in the media and on stage. But, if we appreciate them today, this was not always the case. In this documentary, director Olivier Monssens acts as the spokesperson for his compatriots. Through testimonies and delicious archive images, he returns to the not-so-distant era when our neighbors were considered friendly but somewhat idiotic people. The film is also an opportunity to understand what characterizes the Belgian spirit by focusing on some of its facets: humor and its famous local variation, self-deprecation, cinema and music.
Olivier Monssens
Writer, Director
Stéphane De Groodt
Self
Alex Vizorek
Self
Virginie Efira
Self
Philippe Geluck
Self
Charline Vanhoenacker
Self
Guillermo Guiz
Self
Salvatore Adamo
Self (archive footage)
Gustave Kervern
Self
Benoît Delépine
Self
Fuck64%
Le Bus : Les Bleus en grève68%
Directed by John Ford70%
The Class of ‘9271%
Sidney70%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
12 jours71%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Being James Bond77%
Public Speaking70%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Night Will Fall76%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
35 Up76%
Elstree 197661%
Seduced and Abandoned61%
28 Up75%
McQueen74%
180° South72%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
