With: Pili Groyne (Éa), Benoît Poelvoorde (God), Catherine Deneuve (Martine), François Damiens (François), Yolande Moreau (God’s wife), Laura Verlinden (Aurélie), Serge Larivière (Marc), Didier De Neck (Jean-Claude), Romain Gelin (Willy), Marco Lorenzini (Victor)
Director: Jaco Van Dormael
Producers: Jaco Van Dormael, Olivier Rausin, Daniel Marquet
Production co: Terra Incognita Films, Climax Films
Screenplay: Jaco Van Dormael, Thomas Gunzig
Photography: Christophe Beaucarne
Editor: Hervé De Luze
Music: An Pierlé
REVIEWS

"In Belgian director Jaco Van Dormael’s universe, God (Benoit Poelvoorde) is a mean-spirited bastard lounging around his Brussels apartment in dressing gown and trackies, watching sport on TV and wreaking havoc on the world from his DOS-run PC.  Goddess (the marvellous Yolande Moreau), his long suffering wife, sticks to her embroidery and bides her time.  But ten-year-old daughter Éa (played by a fantastic young actress, Pili Groyne) has taken one too many strappings from the old man and resolves – with the help of her better-known older brother – to liberate the world from the malign hand of Dad.  Not to give away too much about her mission, she sets about recruiting six disciples whose testimony about their own miracle-free lives will constitute the Brand New Testament.  Surreal silliness ensues, with some florid CGI assistance, and memorable encounters with, amongst others, a small boy who wants to be a girl and Catherine Deneuve as a wealthy shopaholic who bonds with a gorilla.  Literal adherents of the previous two Testaments need not apply, but there’s a daffy innocence – a touch of Amélie – about this brand new one."

— Bill Gosden, NZIFF 2015
FILM SOCIETY SCREENINGS
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Whanganui
Monday, 5 March, 7:30pm

Hamilton
Monday, 5 March, 8:00pm*

Auckland
Monday, 12 March, 6:30pm *

Waitati
Tuesday, 20 March, 8:00pm

Nelson
Thursday, 22 March, 6:00pm*

Timaru
Tuesday, 10 April, 7:00pm*
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Queenstown
Tuesday, 29 May, 8:15pm

Palmerston North
Monday, 22 October, 6:00pm

Carterton
Friday, 7 December, 7:30pm

*Denotes DCP screening
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