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The Brand New Testament (2015)

Directed by Jaco Van Dormael

God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to 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...

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Amélie poster
Van Dormael tiene algunos momentos inspirados dentro de la película, pero su pretensión de subversión e iconoclasta esta mucho más cercana a una burda melosidad jeunetiana (Amelie, 2001) que la elegancia y aguda sobriedad de la brillante La Voiee Lacteé (1969).
If you were to take the charm and playful visual language of Jean-Pierre Jenuet’s Amelie and pair it with a blistering satire of religious dogma, the end result would look something like The Brand New Testament, a new film from Belgian director Jaco Van Dormael.
La nefastez divina demuestra que la desatada fantasía burlesco-poética de Van Dormael, tal como antes lo hizo sobre la reivindicación de los perturbados a perpetuidad de Toto el héroe y de los incapacitados de El octavo día, delira ahora en definitiva y de a huevo sobre el tema de las vidas posibles, ya no referidas a un personaje plural (el decadente centenario del amor loco inextinguible Mr. Nobody), pero siempre lastradas y hechas posibles para poblar el mini-macrocosmos jocosamente gratuito de una deliciosa minipelícula cómica sobre el castigo postrero vuelto del revés y mal ensamblado que se desvía durante casi dos horas hacia una arbitraria macropelícula etérea sobre la recolección de seis nuevos improbables apóstoles lunáticos que se le escaparon a la Biblia, seis de seis, cada uno merecedor de su propio Evangelio según Fulana o Zutano, añadiéndose por turno al cuadro La última cena de Da Vinci que orna el comedor de Dios, a saber: la linda solitaria manca y generosa sexual Aurélie…
El Universal • El Universal
com.mx ↗
There’s so much comic and philosophical potential to be explored in the idea of a world free from the shackles of religion and from fear of death, but Van Dormael opts instead for trite epiphanies and sub-Amélie whimsy, with a dismally regressive view of male and female characteristics being laid bare throughout the film’s increasingly tiresome episodes.
The Skinny
co.uk ↗
Without it there would have been no Amélie, no mystical-plastic-bag scene in American Beauty, and countless whimsical commercials and music videos would have had to steal from elsewhere.
Ryan Gilbey • New Statesman • Apr 14, 2016
newstatesman.com ↗
It's quite sweet and gentle and tries at times to be profound, as if the crew has been shown Amelie on a loop.
Starburst Magazine
starburstmagazine.com ↗

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