Ex Drummer (2007)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Koen Mortier

Writers:

Herman Brusselmans (novel)
Koen Mortier (screenplay)

Release Date:

31 January 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Music

Plot:

Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.

Plot Keywords:

Drummer | Writer | Drugs | Blood | Famous

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Dries Van Hegen	...	Dries
Norman Baert	...	Koen de Geyter
Gunter Lamoot	...	Jan Verbeek
Sam Louwyck	...	Ivan Van Dorpe
François Beukelaers	...	Pa Verbeek
Bernadette Damman	...	Mother Verbeek
Joris Van Der Speeten	...	Jan Verbeek 10 years
Nancy Denijs	...	Ivan's Wife
Nomie Visser	...	Ivan's Daughter
Dolores Bouckaert	...	Lio
Wim Willaert	...	Jimmy
Barbara Callewaert	...	Christine
Jan Hammenecker	...	Dikke Lul
Vinnie Bonduwe	...	Friend Dikke Lul
Chantal Wannyn	...	Erna

Runtime:

Belgium:90 min | Canada:104 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Belgium

Language:

Dutch | Flemish

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Belgium:KT | Netherlands:16 | Germany:16 | Australia:R

Filming Locations:

Middelkerke, Belgium

Company:

CCCP

Trivia:

The movie was intended to be filmed by Jan Bucquoy (La vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 (1994)) and an option was made for the novel but because the subsidies of the Flemish government were withdrawn for Camping Cosmos (1996) (made in 1996 not far from the location of Ex Drummer (2007)), he could not make the movie because of financial problems. The movie was made ten years later by Koen Mortier.

Soundtrack:

De Grotste Lul Van 'T Stad

Belgium's Finest....

Oh yes we saw a lot of interesting Belgian films. If we think of films like: The Child (Dardennes), Man Bites Dog (Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel), Calvaire (Fabrice Du Welz) But everybody nows that all these fabulous films were made in the French speaking part of Belgium. Up until now the tendency in Flemisch part of Belgium was to make dull and navel-gazing films without international appeal. But this film EX-DRUMMER an adaption of a Herman Brusselmans novel(one of the most popular flemisch writers) is a shot of pure adrenaline in the veins of every filmlover. Could this dark and surreal rock&roll flick, that tells us the story of a loser rockband looking for a drummer, be the antidote needed in flemish film culture? I don't know, but it sure is a step in the right direction!

Belgium 10 points!