The Brand New Testament
Director: Jaco Van Dormael
Stars: Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens
Tue 24 May 7.30pm Book Now
Duration: 113 mins
AGE Rating: Cert 15
Adults £7
In French/German with sub-titles
In Jaco van Dormael’s peppy, inventive comedy, everyone gets a text message from the Almighty, while “JC”’s sister gathers a gang of disciples.
What’s best is that through it all Van Dormael maintains a blazing storytelling momentum and a highly creative visual scheme.
Everyone on Earth is ultimately doomed, but this is a vision of optimism, of people being given the opportunity to help one another and doing it with tenderness.
If you can get past the initial blasphemy, you’ll find a highly moral film.
