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Old Belgie

2010 · 1 season

A bittersweet backstage comedy-drama about fading performers clinging to a dying theatre, mixing gentle humour with quiet melancholy.

Genres
Drama, Comedy
Overview
Late 70s. The revue theatre Ancienne Belgique in Antwerp nearly has a future left, but director Leonard will not admit it. The artists and performers do not know this and try to solve their own problems. Marcel (orchestra leader), Willy (the flower shop comedian) and Jack (the producer with his stubborn character) their problems increase and everyone is sucked into the downward spiral...

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • work
    • ambition
    • betrayal
    • class
    Places
    • workplace
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • ensemble
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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