The movie's tagline is: Revolution, football, beer and frites. It is an unconventional and non-conformist story of the sexual habits of Belgians. Cosmos refers to the eternity of heaven in full contrast with this little campsite where so many people live together with their problems and limited view of the world. It also refers to the Russian cosmonauts who explored space, but who as communists did not believe in an afterworld. And last, the name of this Campsite Cosmos is referring to the sky without limit above the heads of its residents.[2] The picture became a cult film.[3]
The summer of 1986.[4] On a campsite at the Belgian coast - where everybody wants to live in complete freedom and forget the obligations of everyday life - Jan Bucquoy, the delegate of the Ministry of Culture, must bring culture nearer to the working class. He presents things like Bertolt Brecht's play, Mother Courage and Her Children or an interview with the famous writer Pierre Mertens, but the vacationers at this caravan park are more interested in low-brow distractions, like soccer, boxing matches or beauty contests, as well as sexual adventures and temporary romances. One of the actors is dressed up to resemble Tintin.[5]
The production was entirely in the hands of Transatlantic Films and its director Francis De Smet. Because of the refusal of the Flemish Government to raise the capital fund of the equivalent of 200.000 Euro at that time, the film had a substantial delay and was not ready in time for the Cannes Film Festival of 1996. This had consequences for the release later in Belgium. The film could not be released before 1997 in Paris.
Reception
The film was at the origin of a controversy about the policy of Flemish state subsidizing films not least because of the presence of main actress Lolo Ferrari.[6]
camping, cosmos, 1996, belgian, satirical, comedy, film, sequel, sexuelle, belges, 1950, 1978, directed, same, director, bucquoy, stars, claude, semal, lolo, ferrari, miss, vandeputte, noël, godin, pierre, mertens, herman, brusselmans, herman, arno, harry, scr. Camping Cosmos is a 1996 Belgian satirical comedy film and a sequel to La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950 1978 directed by the same director Jan Bucquoy It stars Claude Semal Lolo Ferrari Miss Vandeputte Noel Godin Pierre Mertens Herman Brusselmans Herman and Arno Harry 1 Camping CosmosScreenshot Miss Vandeputte and Mister Vandeputte owners of Camping Cosmos Directed byJan BucquoyWritten byJan BucquoyProduced byFrancis De SmetStarringLolo FerrariNoel GodinArno HintjensJan DecleirHerman BrusselmansCinematographyMichel BaudourEdited byMatyas VeressMusic bySerge GainsbourgVera LynnGeorge GershwinDistributed byTransatlantic Films BrusselsRelease date1996 1996 Running time88 minutesCountryBelgiumLanguageFrenchThe movie s tagline is Revolution football beer and frites It is an unconventional and non conformist story of the sexual habits of Belgians Cosmos refers to the eternity of heaven in full contrast with this little campsite where so many people live together with their problems and limited view of the world It also refers to the Russian cosmonauts who explored space but who as communists did not believe in an afterworld And last the name of this Campsite Cosmos is referring to the sky without limit above the heads of its residents 2 The picture became a cult film 3 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksPlot EditThe summer of 1986 4 On a campsite at the Belgian coast where everybody wants to live in complete freedom and forget the obligations of everyday life Jan Bucquoy the delegate of the Ministry of Culture must bring culture nearer to the working class He presents things like Bertolt Brecht s play Mother Courage and Her Children or an interview with the famous writer Pierre Mertens but the vacationers at this caravan park are more interested in low brow distractions like soccer boxing matches or beauty contests as well as sexual adventures and temporary romances One of the actors is dressed up to resemble Tintin 5 Cast EditJean Henri Compere as Jan Bucquoy Fanny Hanciaux as Eve Bucquoy Lolo Ferrari as Mme Vandeputte Jean Paul Dermont as M Vandeputte Noe Francq credited as Noe Francq as Noe Vandeputte Claude Semal as Claude Semal dit Tintin Noel Godin as Pierre Mertens Jacques Calonne as Jacques Calonne Arno Hintjens credited as Arno Hintjens Hintjens as Arno Herman Brusselmans as Herman Jan Decleir as friend of Arno Patricia Dollez as Mme Janssens Sabrina Leurquin as Ulrique la terroriste Catherine Claeys as Giselle Crapaud Isabelle Legros as Isabelle Legros Jean Pierre CoopmanProduction EditThe production was entirely in the hands of Transatlantic Films and its director Francis De Smet Because of the refusal of the Flemish Government to raise the capital fund of the equivalent of 200 000 Euro at that time the film had a substantial delay and was not ready in time for the Cannes Film Festival of 1996 This had consequences for the release later in Belgium The film could not be released before 1997 in Paris Reception EditThe film was at the origin of a controversy about the policy of Flemish state subsidizing films not least because of the presence of main actress Lolo Ferrari 6 References Edit Jan Bucquoy Lambiek Comiclopedia The Bulletin 20 1996 article by P L Smith Jan Bucquoy Lambiek Comiclopedia Jan Bucquoy Lambiek Comiclopedia Jan Bucquoy Lambiek Comiclopedia Jan Bucquoy Lambiek Comiclopedia External links EditCamping Cosmos at IMDb Transatlantic Films Official Site The New York Times permanent dead link review Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Camping Cosmos amp oldid 1094790547, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
