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 Vanhegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dries Vanhegen	...	Dries (as Dries Van Hegen)
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:

misogynist | homophobia | physical disability | mother son relationship | battle of the bands | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Music

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Opening sequence is played back in reverse.

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Quotes

Lio: Why do you want to play with that f**king band?
Dries: I don't really know. I think I want to step outside my happy world. Descend into the depths of stupidity, ugliness, obtuseness, unfaithfulness and fakeness. Latch onto the life of losers, but without belonging to that world - and in the knowledge that I can always return to my own world... and to you.

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Connections

Referenced in Quarto de espera (2009)

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Soundtracks

Een Boeket Met Pisseblommen
Written by Arno (as Arno Hintjens) and Serge Feys
Performed by Arno
under license from PIAS Recordings

User Reviews

fantastic trip

The discussion about this movie is wide. Some people hate the movie, some people adore it. Probably it will be a movie which will be much more popular in time. For me it was one roller-coaster of laughing and an experience i wont forget for a long time. At the same time i saw people leaving the cinema because of the rough, unpolished use of language. I have been living in Belgium for a few years, which is an advantage to understand the humor of the used dialect. The brilliant thing about the movie is that it is a one on one translation of the writer Herman Brusselmans. I saw the movie and asked myself the question, how would i have directed this book differently. I couldn't find an answer. This is Belgina cinema on his best. A fabulous devastating trip.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Belgium France Italy

Language:

Dutch Flemish

Release Date:

31 January 2007 (Belgium)

Also Known As:

Ex Drummer

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$231,156

Company Credits

Production Co:

Czar Film, Quad Productions, Mercurio Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min 104 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1