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.
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
6 people
Luc de Heusch Director · Jacques Delcorde Screenplay
First release March 27, 1958 · Produced in Belgium
Production
Belgium
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Belgium · March 27, 1958
Premiere
No release date listed for United States.
More from Luc de Heusch
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Gestes du repas
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.