THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT

LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT

By Jaco VAN DORMAEL

CLIMAX FILMS - as PROD

Black comedy - Completed 2015

Set in Jaco Van Dormael’s native Belgium, The Brand New Testament is a surreal comedy in which God is a real life character who lives in Brussels. On earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family.

Festivals
& Awards

Directors' Fortnight 2015
Sitges - Intl Fantastic FF of Catalonia 2015
Oficial Fantastic Best Actress Award for Pili Grogne & Best European Film S.O.F. Sitges 48 Award
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Black comedy, Comedy
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM, FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 113 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jaco VAN DORMAEL
    • Writer(s)
    • Jaco VAN DORMAEL, Thomas GUNZIG
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/DCDD-BCBF-FF93-71FA-A6AF-P
    • Producer(s)
    • David GRUMBACH (TERRA INCOGNITA FILMS), Daniel MARQUET (TERRA INCOGNITA FILMS), Olivier RAUSIN (CLIMAX FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • Set in Jaco Van Dormael’s native Belgium, The Brand New Testament is a surreal comedy
      in which God is a real life character who lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a
      coward, with pathetical morals and odious with 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, hacks his computer
      and leaks to the entire world their fatale date of death, causing everyone to suddenly have
      to think about what to do with the days, months, years they have left to live…