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Hugo Claus
Het sacrament
Director
Hugo Claus
Composer
Frédéric Devreese
Cast
Jan Decleir, Ann Petersen, Hugo Vandenberghe, Carl Ridders, Frank Aendeboom, An De Donder, Chris Lomme, Blanka Heirman
Edition 1989
94'
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1989
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Drama, Comedy
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Dialogue:
Dutch
Every year, the Heylen family gathers to commemorate their mother's death. This year's reunion takes place in the vicarage where Natalie Heylen is the Deedee's -the priest's -housekeeper. Originally, the meeting goes off rather wel!. They attend mass, visit the grave-yard and sit down for a mea!. The only spanner in the works is Claude, a hyper nervous young man who has just been dismissed from an institution. His relationship with the priest, though based on affection, manifests itself in agressive flashes. Due to the excessive food and drink, the latent grudges and disagreements come to the surface. Playing charades after dinner degenerates into a series of absurd, comical and bitter scenes resulting in a chaotic outburst of feelings. Claude, the only one in search for purity, tragically pays the bill.
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Credits
Directors
Hugo Claus
Composers
Frédéric Devreese
Cast
Jan Decleir, Ann Petersen, Hugo Vandenberghe, Carl Ridders, Frank Aendeboom, An De Donder, Chris Lomme, Blanka Heirman
Scenario
Hugo Claus
Director of Photography
Gilberto Azevedo
Editors
Menno Boerema
More info
Dialogue
Dutch
Countries of production
Belgium
Screenplay based on
Omtrent Deedee, boek van Hugo Claus
Year
1989