Mompelaar

Win Reygaert, Marc Roels, Belgium

Fiction, 2007, 21'

Lubbert is a man, somewhat retarded, who lives with his overbearing mother (acted by a man). Unable to speak, he goes to a walk in the flamish countryside. He meets differnts situations, differents people, and get involved in absurds situations. Is he a serial killer, when he arranges some plastic bags in the forest, filled with worms and maybe human rests ? But maybe he is a christic firuge, as after killing a touristic guide (who explains to his group the difference between grass an trees), he is followed by the 12 tourists, until his house.

It is hard to talk about the script, as one of the realisator says himself « We wrote series of scene, without necessary link. If people sees links, it's ok, but there are many ways to understand the film, and many ways not to understand it, and all are good. Actually we didn't think our film would be liked by anyone except us... ». There are links, but where poetry strats and where is stops ?

Even if the production is rather amateur, the result is a very fun and strange film, uncommon and the orginal universe has a real strengh.

This film recieved the Prix Spécial du Jury International.