Vidange perdue (The Only One)

15:00
1 November 2007
Europe on Screen 2007

Free ticket available 30 min before opening


Erasmus Huis - Capacity: 350 seats
Jl. H. R. Rasuna Said Kav. S-3 - Kuningan - T 524 1069

Klayaban
Farishad I Latjuba, 2005, 15 min
Indonesia, drama

The Only One
Geoffrey Enthoven, 2006, 88 min.
Belgium, Drama
"Vidange Perdue" is a Belgian expression which is best translated as "empties are not refunded" This movie is the story of an old man who can't accept that he's growing older and who revolts against the absurdity of life.

To an outsider he's just another grumpy eighty-year-old who is often extremely cantankerous and obstinate and of little or no interest at all. What others fail (or don't even bother) to see is that this man cannot accept the fact that there is a constant negation by others of his own unique personality and that the elderly in general are constantly patronized by their immediate surroundings as if they suffered from an ever increasing form of dementia.

Lucien Knops' struggle against all these preconceived notions regarding old people is courageous but also comical at times as is illustrated by his letters of pure outrage to the newspaper and his attempts at amorous escapades.A real turning point in his life is his encounter with his neighbor.
This lady not only prompts him to go on being his true self but opens doors for him to the future which he himself would never have thought of unbolting. When at the end of the movie he visits his favorite grand child in Paris, he knows the future will remain uncertain.
He sees himself on a long voyage or maybe even spending his remaining days as a tramp. Whatever the future holds in store, he will confront it as he himself: the unique Lucien Knops.

The movie was filmed in short alternating scenes and all the actors, without exception, deliver a high quality performance. [Picture: Bergamo Film Meeting]

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