Comedy
Bossemans et Coppenolle
Gaston Schoukens · 1938
Synopsis
Brussels, the late thirties. François Bossemans and Auguste Coppenolle, two Brussels neighbourhood men, are every bit as clumsy as each other, and each supports one of the city's two rival football clubs, Union Saint-Gilloise and Daring. Now the son of one, Joseph, loves the daughter of the other, Georgette. Their love runs up against the rivalry of the fathers, in a parody of Romeo and Juliet played entirely in the speech of Brussels.
Context
The film adapts a play by Paul Van Stalle and Joris d'Hanswyck that had caused a sensation at the Vaudeville theatre in Brussels in early 1938, and it retains its actors, Gustave Libeau and Marcel Roels. It was released in Belgium on 2 December 1938 and in France on 22 February 1939. It incorporates footage of a real match between the two clubs. Two years earlier, the director had made, with another comedy, the greatest Belgian success of the decade.
Who it is for
A talking comedy of one hour and twenty-four minutes, in French and in Brussels dialect.
Prizes and reception
One of the Brussels comedies that made the popular fortune of its author, adapted from a successful play.
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