Basic Info
Release: March 27, 1958
Runtime: 23 min
Status: Released
Gestes du repas
1958
23 min
Overview
This ethnographic film sends us the image of the man who eats, a stark look at Belgium. We spend about one-eighth of our days eating. Luc de Heusch films these repetitive gestures that seem trivial, yet reveal so much of a particular culture and a civilization. From morning to night, from the market installation to dinner, from the daily and fast meal to the feast, the ethnologist is interested in all social classes. Originally, an attempt of cinematographic ethnography, neutral and distant, intended to define the Belgians by the way they eat. In fact, Luc de Heusch films his contemporaries as if they were Papuans.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- Belgium
Spoken Languages
- French fr
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Cast
Paul Anrieu
Voice
Crew
Luc de Heusch
Director
Luc de Heusch
Screenplay
Jacques Delcorde
Screenplay
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