Luc de Heusch Movies

  • 1960
    Magritte or the Object Lesson

    Magritte or the Object Lesson

    Magritte or the Object Lesson

    5.61960HD

    The surrealist painter René Magritte questions the objective reality and emphasizes the arbitrariness of the relationship between an object,...

    Magritte or the Object Lesson
  • 1967
    Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

    Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

    Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

    8.21967HD

    A bitter-sweet story of a young sales assistant and a truck driver trapped between their dreams and the economic depression.

    Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday
  • 2023
    Nkumi, everyday life

    Nkumi, everyday life

    Nkumi, everyday life

    02023HD

    Short ethnographic documentary showing some everyday life scenes based upon footage shot by director Luc de Heusch in Congo in 1954 reassembled by...

    Nkumi, everyday life
  • 1984
    De droomproducenten

    De droomproducenten

    De droomproducenten

    01984HD

    Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.g. the netherlands.

    De droomproducenten
  • 1958
    Gestes du repas

    Gestes du repas

    Gestes du repas

    01958HD

    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...

    Gestes du repas
  • 2023
    Lotoko

    Lotoko

    Lotoko

    02023HD

    Short ethnographic documentary showing a leopard dance based upon footage shot by director Luc de Heusch in Congo in 1954 reassembled by Damien...

    Lotoko
  • 1968
    Libre examen 1968

    Libre examen 1968

    Libre examen 1968

    01968HD

    Libre examen 1968
  • 1972
    Dotremont-les-logogrammes

    Dotremont-les-logogrammes

    Dotremont-les-logogrammes

    01972HD

    The Belgian poet Christian Dotremont, organiser of the COBRA movement, invents a graphic writing system

    Dotremont-les-logogrammes
  • 2004
    Ostende 1930

    Ostende 1930

    Ostende 1930

    02004HD

    Film edited and directed by Luc de Heusch using images never used that Henri Storck turned in Ostend in 1930 while he was "cinégraphiste" of...

    Ostende 1930
  • 1984
    In the Footsteps of the Pale Fox

    In the Footsteps of the Pale Fox

    In the Footsteps of the Pale Fox

    01984HD

    In the Footsteps of the Pale Fox
  • 2023
    Burial among the Tetela

    Burial among the Tetela

    Burial among the Tetela

    02023HD

    Short ethnographic documentary on the Tetela tribe in Congo based upon footage and commentary by director Luc de Heusch from 1953 reassembled by...

    Burial among the Tetela
  • 1957
    Michel de Ghelderode

    Michel de Ghelderode

    Michel de Ghelderode

    71957HD

    A short film portrait of Belgian artist Michel De Ghelderode

    Michel de Ghelderode
  • 1951
    Perséphone

    Perséphone

    Perséphone

    01951HD

    Perséphone
  • 1995
    Une république devenue folle

    Une république devenue folle

    Une république devenue folle

    01995HD

    A history of racialism in Rwanda, from the European colonization to the 1994 genocide.

    Une république devenue folle
  • 1990
    I’m Crazy, I’m Foolish, I’m Nasty

    I’m Crazy, I’m Foolish, I’m Nasty

    I’m Crazy, I’m Foolish, I’m Nasty

    01990HD

    From the young Ensor, brilliant artist, rebel and relatively unknown, to the esteemed Baron Ensor, who only painted scenes in which he plagiarized...

    I’m Crazy, I’m Foolish, I’m Nasty
  • 1961
    Les amis du plaisir

    Les amis du plaisir

    Les amis du plaisir

    01961HD

    Ethno-fiction: a sociological portrait of a small Belgian village, Moulbaix, through the passion for amateur theater.

    Les amis du plaisir
  • 1970
    Alechinsky d'après nature

    Alechinsky d'après nature

    Alechinsky d'après nature

    01970HD

    The work and fantasies of one of the COBRA group's principal painters, with the participation of Alechinsky

    Alechinsky d'après nature