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Ex Drummer
- Director: Koen Mortier
- Writer: Herman Brusselmans; Koen Mortier
- Producer: Ruben Goots; Eurydice Gysel
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Are we not men? No - we are self-destructing animals.
It really is the only message that this film offers - it will offend those with a sensitive disposition - good...sometimes, political correctness and wanton sensitivity need to fly out of the window.
There is no protection from the cruelty or the anger.
Pompous class distinctions are blurred beyond recognition - wealth and education does not necessarily separate the wheat from the chaff.
Wholly uncompromising and with a wit to boot, Mortier has delivered an unapologetic punch in the face - not for everyone, simply because...they might recognise themselves.
Astounding, inspirational work.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Every village has its band of fools, trying to get to the top, following their idols in drug habits, but staying losers till the end of their pathetic days. They all do this in the name of rock & roll. Three disabled rock musicians are looking for a drummer. Dries, a well known writer, seems the right guy for the job, were it not for the fact that his only handicap is that he can't play the drums. He joins the group as a perfect, but evil god walking down his mountain to play with the populace. With the arrival of this infiltrator, personal disputes and family feuds start to jeopardize the band's fragile future. Dries will manipulate them till they are willing to drink each others blood and their only future is written down in many Punk lyrics: "No Future".
Cast & Characters
Dries Van Hegen as Dries;
Norman Baert as Koen de Geyter;
Gunter Lamoot as Jan Verbeek;
Sam Louwyck as Ivan Van Dorpe;
Francois Beukelaers as Pa Verbeek;
Bernadette Damman as Mother Verbeek;
Joris Van Der Speeten as Jan Verbeek 10 years;
Nancy Denijs as Ivan's Wife;
Nomie Visser as Ivan's Daughter;
Dolores Bouckaert as Lio;
Wim Willaert as Jimmy;
Barbara Callewaert as Christine;
Jan Hammenecker as Dikke Lul;
Vinnie Bonduwe as Friend Dikke Lul;
Chantal Wannyn as Erna