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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