Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)
Original title: Camera sutra (of de bleekgezichten)
Overview
The Herts Camera Sutra or The Palefaces (1973) is a militant and visually fragmented critique of Belgian bourgeois society, blending documentary collage with semi-autobiographical fiction. De Hert attacks the distractions of nationalism, religion, and popular culture while exposing capitalism, social injustice, and postcolonial exploitation. The film’s second half shifts to a disillusioned group of rebellious youths, revealing the uncertainty and emotional paralysis behind revolutionary ideals. Both politically fierce and deeply self-questioning, the film captures the tension between radical ambition and powerlessness.
Top-billed cast
- RReinhilde Decleir
- DDirk Everaert
- JJacques Vandenbergh
- RRobbe De Hert
- IIda Dequeecker
- GGuido Van Zieleghem
- PPaul Verbraeken
- MMonique Beyns
- LLeo Madder
- FFrieda Pittoors
Crew
- Director
- Robbe De Hert
- Writers
- Robbe De Hert, Frans Huybrechts
- Producers
- Paul De Vree, Patrick Le Bon
- Production
- Cinécentrum N.V., Fugitive Cinema Holland, Ministerie van Nationale Opvoeding en Nederlandse Cultuur (België)
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Who directed Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)?
Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces) was directed by Robbe De Hert.
When was Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces) released?
Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces) was released in 1973.
