The Sexual Life of the Belgians (1994)

Plot Summary

Jan Bucquoy narrates the story of his sexual life to age 28, imagining his conception (parents drunk, the encounter lasting ten seconds) and reporting his first orgasm (at the hands of Eddy, in a beach-side caravan, as they watch Laurel and Hardy), his comparative experiences with girls, and his move from Harelbeck to Brussels. There he meets Greta, bartender at a Bohemian cafe, who teaches him the Kama Sutra, the naked Esther, who reads him stories, and Thérèse, his wife for three years. They split after two children; he moves to a small flat, writes pornography to pay the bills, works sporadically on a novel, espouses anarchism, and meets more women. His self-confidence grows.

Full Cast & Characters

Jean-Henri Compère

Jan Bucquoy

Noe Francq

Jan Bucquoy as a child

Isabelle Legros

Noella Bucquoy (mother)

Sophie Schneider

Therese

Jacques Druaux

Jerome Bucquoy (father)

Sacha Jacques

Jan Bucquoy as a baby

Boris Bucquoy

Jan Bucquoy age 2

Pascale Binnert

Ariane Bucquoy

Michel Angely

Greengrocer

Michele Shor

Aunt Martha

Stefan Lernous

Eddy

Georgette Stulens

Eddy's mother

Director & Crew

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