The Sexual Life of the Belgians (La vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978) 30 years old

The Sexual Life of the Belgians

Jan Bocquoy 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.

Credits

The Sexual Life of the Belgians Cast

Name Character
Stefan Lernous as Eddy
Sophie Schneider as Therese
Michelle Shore as Aunt Martha
Raymond Vandersmissen as Eddy's father
Sacha Jacques as Jan Bucquoy as a baby
Jean-Henri Compère He was 34, now 64 years old as Jan Bucquoy
Pascale Binnert as Ariane Bucquoy
Isabelle Legros as Noella Bucquoy (mother)
Georgette Stulens as Eddy's mother
Jacques Druaux as Jerome Bucquoy (father)
Michel Angely as Greengrocer
Boris Bucquoy as Jan Bucquoy age 2
Noe Francq as Jan Bucquoy as a child

The Sexual Life of the Belgians Crew

Name Department
Jan Bucquoy as Director. He was 48 (now 79) years old Directing
Jan Bucquoy as Writer. He was 48 (now 79) years old Writing
The Sexual Life of the Belgians poster
The Sexual Life of the Belgians (30 years)

  • Release day: Friday, January 28, 1994
  • Runtime: 85 minutes