Ex Drummer (2007)

Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.

Director:

Koen Mortier

Writers:

Herman Brusselmans (novel), Koen Mortier (screenplay)

Stars:

Dries Van Hegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dries Van Hegen	...	Dries
Norman Baert	...	Koen de Geyter
Gunter Lamoot	...	Jan Verbeek
Sam Louwyck	...	Ivan Van Dorpe
François Beukelaers	...	Pa Verbeek
Bernadette Damman	...	Mother Verbeek
Joris Van Der Speeten	...	Jan Verbeek 10 years
Nancy Denijs	...	Ivan's Wife
Nomie Visser	...	Ivan's Daughter
Dolores Bouckaert	...	Lio
Wim Willaert	...	Jimmy
Barbara Callewaert	...	Christine
Jan Hammenecker	...	Dikke Lul
Vinnie Bonduwe	...	Friend Dikke Lul
Chantal Wannyn	...	Erna

Storyline

Every village has its band of fools, trying to get to the top, following their idols in drug habits, but staying losers till the end of their pathetic days. They all do this in the name of rock & roll. Three disabled rock musicians are looking for a drummer. Dries, a well known writer, seems the right guy for the job, were it not for the fact that his only handicap is that he can't play the drums. He joins the group as a perfect, but evil god walking down his mountain to play with the populace. With the arrival of this infiltrator, personal disputes and family feuds start to jeopardize the band's fragile future. Dries will manipulate them till they are willing to drink each others blood and their only future is written down in many Punk lyrics: "No Future".

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Plot Keywords:

writer | drummer | evil | blood | drugs | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Music

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Belgium France Italy

Language:

Dutch Flemish

Release Date:

31 January 2007 (Belgium)

Also Known As:

My Way Is the Highway

Filming Locations:

Middelkerke, Flanders, Belgium

Company Credits

Production Co:

CCCP, Czar, Quad Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min 104 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie was intended to be filmed by Jan Bucquoy (The Sex Life of the Belgians) and an option was made for the novel but because the subsidies of the Flemish government were withdrawn for Camping Cosmos (made in 1996 not far from the location of Ex Drummer), he could not make the movie because of financial problems. The movie was made ten years later by Koen Mortier.

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Connections

Referenced in Waiting Room (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Blow"
Performed by Ghinzu

User Reviews

Belgium's Finest....

Oh yes we saw a lot of interesting Belgian films. If we think of films like: The Child (Dardennes), Man Bites Dog (Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel), Calvaire (Fabrice Du Welz) But everybody nows that all these fabulous films were made in the French speaking part of Belgium. Up until now the tendency in Flemisch part of Belgium was to make dull and navel-gazing films without international appeal. But this film EX-DRUMMER an adaption of a Herman Brusselmans novel(one of the most popular flemisch writers) is a shot of pure adrenaline in the veins of every filmlover. Could this dark and surreal rock&roll flick, that tells us the story of a loser rockband looking for a drummer, be the antidote needed in flemish film culture? I don't know, but it sure is a step in the right direction!

Belgium 10 points!